Today I Learned...

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that Kevin Smith actually worked at the convenience store in Clerks. He worked all day, and they filmed all night (thus the closed shutters) for 21 straight days. He slept one hour a day during filming. The whole production cost $27k, funded by maxing out credit cards and selling his comic books.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL the chemical Thioacetone is the world's smelliest substance. It's so bad that, after a lab technician dropped a vial of it, it induced instant vomiting from people in buildings almost 1/2 mile away.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL a study has revealed that the majority of American dog owners are willing to end their relationship if their dog doesn’t like their partner.

    (I would be one of them. I don't need negative people in my life.)
  • Deadman_Diggingup
    Deadman_Diggingup Posts: 3,082 Member
    edited August 2018
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL a study has revealed that the majority of American dog owners are willing to end their relationship if their dog doesn’t like their partner.

    (I would be one of them. I don't need negative people in my life.)

    You really can't deny it when your dog dislikes someone specific in your life. They know *kitten*.
  • St4rFire
    St4rFire Posts: 236 Member
    Rae Sremmurd is Ear Drummers backwards. Riveting stuff.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL "All Star" by Smash Mouth was written with the intention of being an upbeat, self-confidence building song for fans who were being bullied for liking Smash Mouth.
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Harley Quinn wasn't originally a comic book character. She was actually first introduced in Batman: The Animated Series and was so popular that the comic writers decided to add her into the comic universe.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that Frank Sinatra’s publicist auditioned and paid girls $5 to scream at his early performances to get the crowd excited.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Anaxagoras (c 510-428 BC) was the first to correctly explain eclipses. He also theorized the Sun was a star and that stars were burning rocks but the other stars are too far away to feel their heat.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Michael Jackson was a huge fan of Weird Al Yankovich. The pop star eagerly let Al do parodies of 'Beat It' and 'Bad,' and actually let him use the subway set of 'Bad' to film a music video for 'Fat.' Michael Jackson also did his best to convince other artist to let Al parody them.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL modern Air Conditioning exists out of the need to dehumidify. Cooling was a fortunate side effect.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL in Deadpool 2, one of the rednecks talking about toilet paper is actually Matt Damon in four hours worth of prosthetic makeup.

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  • Machafin
    Machafin Posts: 2,988 Member
    edited August 2018
    https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/06/arts/television-the-case-of-the-game-show-ploy.html

    TIL that the 1990s PBS game show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" was created in response to a National Geographic survey stating that 1 in 4 Americans could not locate the Soviet Union or The Pacific Ocean
  • Machafin
    Machafin Posts: 2,988 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL modern Air Conditioning exists out of the need to dehumidify. Cooling was a fortunate side effect.

    I see you too frequent r/todayilearned
  • Machafin
    Machafin Posts: 2,988 Member
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26041727


    TIL a man endured 440 days drifting across the Pacific Ocean until he was found in the Marshall Islands in 2013, emaciated and wearing only his underpants, having swum ashore.
  • Machafin
    Machafin Posts: 2,988 Member
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala


    TIL that a serial killer, Riodney Alcala, won ABC's "The Dating Game" while in the midst of his killing spree.
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  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    Many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used

    This made me giggle.


    TIL you can grill watermelon. What the hell. My mind is blown.
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  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    Many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used

    This made me giggle.


    TIL you can grill watermelon. What the hell. My mind is blown.
    hc2mz7wbrawb.jpg

    What I what to know is what did they just season that with?

    Hmm 🤔 Mint?
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    Many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used

    This made me giggle.


    TIL you can grill watermelon. What the hell. My mind is blown.
    hc2mz7wbrawb.jpg

    What I what to know is what did they just season that with?

    Lime peel and red pepper flakes. Had to Google image search to retrieve this information. You damn well better appreciate it.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that most of the flight team responsible for the Voyager spacecraft have had their jobs since the 1980s; the team's lead scientist is 81 years old.
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    Many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used

    This made me giggle.


    TIL you can grill watermelon. What the hell. My mind is blown.
    hc2mz7wbrawb.jpg

    You have to get out more if this blew your mind lol

    Wellll... it's just unheard of around these parts of the world. Some people here eat watermelon with bread, but grilled? Nope. I am way curious now.
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  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    Many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used

    This made me giggle.


    TIL you can grill watermelon. What the hell. My mind is blown.
    hc2mz7wbrawb.jpg

    What I what to know is what did they just season that with?

    Lime peel and red pepper flakes. Had to Google image search to retrieve this information. You damn well better appreciate it.

    I will remember this act of loyalty and will repay it

    It's more like a favor. I'll let you know when you'll be required to get even.
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