› added 2 years ago

75

TIL Eminem was second choice to star in the movie Elysium. The part eventually went to Matt Damon

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

DLNj TIL celine dion’s my heart will go on was recorded in one take as a demo to convinced james cameron to feature it in his movie the titanic. He approved. The song was never re-recorded. So technically the award winning song was a demo tape.
d8mVr TIL in 2016 news anchor Anderson Cooper donated bullet proof vests to every K9 unit in the Virginia Police Department after finding out that a police dog was shot and killed during a shootout.
e0eAL TIL of an 1892 topless sword duel between the Princess of Lichtenstein and a countess who criticized her flower arrangements at a musical gala in Vienna. All participants in the duel were women, making this an "emancipated duel."
oRde8 TIL About the African Dodger Game. In the 1920s people would throw baseballs at black people's heads at carnivals, causing great injuries and even death
9dP7 TIL a woman tricked doctors into thinking she could give birth to rabbits. She shoved the rabbits into her vagina before ‘birthing’ them