› added 4 years ago

161

TIL that in 1978 Charlie Chaplin's corpse was dug up and held for ransom.

Read more lwlies.com

via reddit.com

Mepjb TIL flea circuses used actual fleas, and one reason they died out is because human hygiene improved so circuses ran out of performers.
9dZM TIL that the film ‘Waterloo’ had so many extras in the battle scene that the director was in command of the 7th largest army in the world
xVAW1 TIL Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, native to Papua New Guinea and named in honor of Alexandra of Denmark, is the largest butterfly in the world. Females have wingspans reaching 25cm/9.8in and males are smaller. The first specimen was taken with a small shotgun. It is currently listed as endangered.
D18nY TIL since The Lion King's tie-in book series, Six New Adventures, was released before the film's production ended, in the books Simba has a cub that he canonically does not have in the film's universe.
Z84EG TIL in 1996, David Bowie released the first downloadable song by a major artist (it took 11 minutes to download). He later launched an ISP (BowieNet) to compete with AOL. Subscribers to the dial-up service were offered exclusive content, as well as an email address and "uncensored" Internet access.