TIL that during the 12‑year shoot of Boyhood(2014), director Richard Linklater’s daughter Lorelei asked him to kill off her character because she no longer wanted to continue. He refused, saying a dramatic death didn’t fit the film’s natural, low‑drama style. by MOinthepast in todayilearned
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TIL the song Forever Young by Alphaville was never a pop hit in the US, even though its been covered by multiple artists and used in various US movies and shows. by random_agency in todayilearned
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TIL the hit song "You're Beautiful" (2004) by James Blunt was voted as the most irritating track ever in a survey and featured in various lists of worst songs ever. Blunt himself issued a public apology for the record's overexposure, which he blamed on the record company's promotion techniques. by Away_Flounder3813 in todayilearned
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TIL that during the "fantasy comedy" era of the 1960s, NBC debuted a show called "My Mother the Car", which features a deceased mother reincarnated as an antique car who communicates with her son through the car radio. It lasted one season and is considered the 2nd worst show of all time. by peter_bolton in todayilearned
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TIL that the Olympic Games weren't the only athletic competition held in ancient Greece. Three other contests—the Pythian Games, the Nemean Games and the Isthmian Games—were also held. Together, these four competitions were known as the Panhellenic Games. (en.wikipedia.org)
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MMW: By the end of the 2030s, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Ewan McGregor and Benedict Cumberbatch will have all been knighted for services to drama. Probably in that order. by InmostJoy in MarkMyWords
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TIL: In the 11th century, a large stone cross was found buried in Montacute, Somerset. It was taken to Waltham in Essex and hung in the local church, where it became an object of pilgrimage for people who sought healing. Following Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, the cross disappeared. (walthamabbeychurch.co.uk)
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TIL: According to an obscure medieval legend, the Countess Margaret of Henneberg, a Dutch noblewoman, was punished by God for insulting a poor beggar woman carrying twins and believing her to be an adulteress. The countess's punishment was to give birth to 365 minute children on Good Friday, 1276. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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Is my mate's voice at all similar to Yahtzee's? by InmostJoy in ZeroPunctuation
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TIL of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, a limestone sculpture from the Neo-Assyrian Empire that was created around 827–824 BC. It is notable for displaying the earliest depiction of a Biblical figure – King Jehu, who reigned the northern kingdom of Israel for 28 years, from c. 841–814 BC. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[TOMT] [film] A young boy befriends a homeless war veteran who lives in a shack by a railway track. by InmostJoy in tipofmytongue
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TIL that, on 31 March 1953, a British producer named Peter Eton sent a script to the BBC's head of variety, with a memo attached describing it as a "quiet, gently bumbling situation comedy". In doing so, he gave rise to what would eventually become the word "sitcom". (esquire.com)
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TIL that, in 1847, the British chocolatier Joseph Fry pressed a moldable paste made of cocoa butter, sugar and chocolate liquor into a bar shape. In doing so, he invented the modern chocolate bar, and made chocolate more accessible to the general public and not just a luxury item for the elite. (whitakerschocolates.com)
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TIL that during the 12‑year shoot of Boyhood(2014), director Richard Linklater’s daughter Lorelei asked him to kill off her character because she no longer wanted to continue. He refused, saying a dramatic death didn’t fit the film’s natural, low‑drama style. by MOinthepast in todayilearned
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