› added 12 years ago

414

TIL Johnny Depp is blind in one eye

Read more nydailynews.com

via reddit.com

AAPx TIL Nickelodeon executives were worried about backing Avatar’s sequel, “Legend of Korra” because it was an animated action show with a female lead character. During test screenings, however, boys said they didn’t care that Korra was a girl, just saying “She was awesome.”
nW86r TIL about the “Tetris Effect” where after playing a video game for significant amount of time, a person can experience altered thoughts, dreams and experiences in their real life.
xVjk5 TIL NASA seriously considered an all-mechanical rover to explore Venus. Powered by wind and controlled using clockwork and mechanical computers, it would communicate with Earth using reflectors or phonograph records launched on balloons
pNBb TIL the creation of the Guinness World Records was created by a staff member of Guinness Breweries who wanted a book that could easily be referenced to settle arguments at pubs.
vPjJL TIL That Andrea Evans, who played Tina Lord on One Life to Live, withdrew from public life for almost a decade after dealing with a stalker who tried to kill her in the ABC Studios where the soap was filmed.