TIL of Nellie Bly, a 19th century female journalist who went around the world in 72 days, pretended to be insane in order to expose the deplorable conditions in mental asylums, patented two designs for steel cans and ran a million-dollar iron manufacturing business, all before the age of 40. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL of a North Korean defector who escaped to China, returned to see his family, then escaped again to Thailand, went to Argentina, then trekked through South and Central America to sneak into the US through Mexico. He is now a US citizen. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL A dad in China hired gamers to kill his son in video games so the son would start looking for a job and get a life | Category: Learned Source More
TIL Prince was a sensational ten pin bowler who could pretty much get a strike at will and wore furry knee high boots when bowling. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL Test audiences hated ‘Dirty Dancing’ and the producer was so disappointed in the final product he said “Burn the negative, and collect the insurance.” Expected to be a box office bomb, instead was a smash hit,was the #1 video rental of ’88, and was first film to sell a million copies on video. | Category: Learned Source More
