› added 10 years ago

127

TIL Matt Groening created The Simpsons in the lobby after intending to pitch a different show, based on his comic, Life In Hell

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6l6Z TIL: In US, more than 41000 people die every year by suicide due to Mental illness, almost double the amount of lives lost by Homicide
8e0LP TIL that Randy Weaver was awarded $3.1 million over the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff.
vOAR TIL when Harvey Weinstein wanted to edit Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable its director, Miyazaki, sent Weinstein a katana with a message stating “No cuts.”
8eN5P TIL that in 1944 the CIA created a manual on sabotaging organizations. Among other things, it suggests to "make speeches... at great length", "refer all matters to committees", "make committees as large as possible", "insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products"
e05Dn Today I Learned that a fireworks show in San Diego that was meant to last 18 minutes ended up going out in 25 seconds due to a computer glitch