› added 1 year ago

51

TIL when Brian Lara broke the first-class cricket world record for highest individual score by scoring 501 runs, his sponsor, clothing company Joe Bloggs, was unable to release commemorative jeans because "501" was a Levi's trademark. They ended up making a "500 and One" series of t-shirts and caps.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mMVp TIL NOAA announced it was to start using lowercase letters in forecasts by saying “NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU”
GNpQ TIL during the Vietnam War, Soldiers asked Bicycle Playing Cards for packs of cards containing nothing but the famous Ace of Spades, As the superstitious Viet Cong were frighted and often fled at the sight of the card.
ne88G TIL that Margaret Hamilton, known for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West, appeared on an episode of Sesame Street in 1976, playing the iconic character. The episode only aired once, however, as many children were traumatized at the sight of the witch.
78x TIL the arrow in the Arabic FedEx logo points to the left
9YZv7 TIL that Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody has now hit the billboard hot 100 in three separate decades.