› added 11 years ago

487

TIL that in 2007 journalist Jeff Gerstmann was fired for a giving a negative video game review

Read more forbes.com

via reddit.com

M1J8 TIL Johnny Depp thought he was gonna get fired and replaced by Tom Hanks at the beginning of filming Edward Scissorhands because two girls knocked at his door and asked if Tom Hanks lived there
e0aa6 TIL Until the late 15th century the word ‘girl’ simply means a child of either sex. Male babies were called ‘knave girls’ and female babies were referred to as... ‘gay girls’.
QJdlX TIL Steven Seagal was choked unconscious and promptly lost bowel after proclaiming his Aikido training would render him immune to chokes.
v1NvK TIL: Doc Severinson, the musical director of the Tonight Show for 30 years, started performing professionally in 1946. He is still actively touring at 92.
LQ6D0 TIL that the Salvation Army is an actual denomination of the Protestant Church, uses titles derived from military ranks, and has a CEO.