› added 4 weeks ago

6

TIL that, when Tennessee seceded from the United States in 1861, many in eastern Tennessee were not on board and attempted to break from the state and form a pro-Union state. The movement gained so much traction that the Tennessee state government sent troops to occupy the Eastern portion.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oROKY TIL that Steve Jobs soaked his feet in toilets
x665g TIL of Juliet Prowse, who was engaged to Frank Sinatra, had an affair with Elvis, and was the first ever guest on The Muppet Show
pY6Jb TIL Charlie chaplain was born 4 days apart from Hitler. Both had the same mustache style, both grew up in poverty. Chaplains first full sound film was The Great Dictator, satirizing Hitler. He spent two years writing the script, but filming started 6 days after Britain declared war on Germany.
OdGR TIL that there is a secretive genre of electronic music called Black Midi which uses almost every single note at once
woDoJ TIL that standard 24 fps film creates a flicker effect; rather than use more film, projectors just show every frame twice to simulate 48 fps