› added 9 years ago

258

TIL producers of Soaked in Bleach responded to Courtney Love’s cease and desist letters by-in part-stating “Love and her lawyers don’t like that the film presents a compelling case for re-opening the investigation into Kurt’s death.”

Read more pitchfork.com

via reddit.com

KONV9 TIL: the city of Venice was founded as Italians hid in the marshes and lagoons to hide from the invasion of Attila the Hun
Bgwny TIL there is a UN space treaty that governs stuff like no nation can build a military base on a planet
VMAJp TIL that during WWII, the US government made a propaganda cartoon for the army called Private Snafu, written by Dr. Seuss. One episode was never released because Seuss's script, purely by coincidence, described a fictitious secret weapon very similar to the atomic bombs later dropped on Japan.
9ROm TIL Jackass began because Johnny Knoxville wanted to test self defense equipment on himself and write articles about it. The tests were filmed and Jackass was born.
DQoMe TIL that breakdancing is a new medal event to be introduced in Paris 2024