› added 6 years ago

388

TIL that during filming of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder liked to keep the kids on their toes. None of the kids had seen the chocolate room prior to filming the scene or his rant in the famous boat scene. Most looks of shock were genuine and they thought Gene had lost it.

Read more hollywoodreporter.com

via reddit.com

1XoX TIL in 2007, a Bowhead whale was discovered with the end of a harpoon left embedded in its neck from a previous hunt. It was found that the harpoon tip was originally manufactured in 1890, indicating the whale had survived a human attack more than a century ago.
R76b7 TIL in the anatomy building at Dalian Medical University, where medical student can practice on cadavers, there's a sign with a quote from a donor that reads "I’d rather let students try something 20 times on me than see them make one mistake on a future patient.”
69W8Q TIL about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, where thieves stole ~$18 million worth of Maple Syrup from Quebec.
0le5 TIL Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf (4 ft 0.25 in at age 18) and a giant (7 ft 8 in at age 51).
xVOXD TIL that Darsheel Safary, the child artist of the film Taare Zameen Par, had to face a lot of opposition from his school that he would have to miss school for such a long period. Then Aamir khan actor of the film funded his studies as well as his educational expenses.