Post * oDkW — Curious Curator

› added 9 years ago

330

TIL elephants console one another when they are upset with trunk strokes and touches

Read more

nWBdB TIL the Pearl Jam song "Alive" written by Eddie Vedder is loosely based on the fact that he learned the man who he thought was his real father was actually his stepfather and his biological father had already passed away.

xVgn5 TIL the musical "A Chorus Line" is based on true stories from Broadway dancers, and the character of Sheila was based on, and originally played by, Kelly Bishop (Lorelai's mother from Gilmore Girls). Furthermore, the story Sheila tells in the play about her father cheating on her mother was true.

DOMv TIL James Earl Jones was a functional mute for 8 years due to a stutter he had developed as a child. He credits his English teacher, Donald Crouch, with helping him end his silence. Crouch believed forced public speaking would help Jones gain confidence and insisted he recite a poem every day.

8V4b TIL A man named Dan Goodwin climbed the north World Trade Center tower in 1983 to call attention to the inability to rescue trapped occupants from the upper levels of skyscrapers.

KPG4 TIL the record for the fastest manned aircraft was set in 1959, and still hasn’t been broken.