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todayilearned
Jun 21, 2020
TIL Fran Drescher’s stalker changed how sitcoms were made. To stop him from sneaking into the studio audience of The Nanny, they began to cast the audience from extras. Good/loud laughers were picked in casting, making the show feel funnier to home audiences. This became an industry standard.
america
audience interaction
australia
australia and new zealand
brash fashion
british boarding-school girl
california
casting call
cbs corporation
charles shaughnessy
clean police record
comfortable chair
established casting agency
europe
female friend
fran drescher
france
gender split
hollywood
home run
jeff sagansky
julie elizabeth andrews
laugh tracks
life advice
life experiences
london
nathan jolly
new south wales
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
over-the-phone auditions
paris
peter marc jacobsen
professional laugher
ratings smash
reality programming
shopping trip
side dish
single-camera comedies
sitcom pitch
sitcom stalker
st clair
stalker ordeal
studio audience
teenage daughter
united kingdom
united states of america
way sitcoms
western europe
todayilearned
Jun 02, 2020
TIL that people who are around roaches often develop allergies, and thus can't drink pre-ground coffee as it contains ground roaches
allergic reaction
australia and new zealand
biology professor
bulk coffee
cockroach allergy
cocoa beans
coffee beans
defect standards
disgusting truth
douglas emlen
dung beetles
food & drug administration
food laws
food stuffs
hidden ingredient
pre-ground coffee
professor doing research
starbucks corporation
stock piles
terri gross
touch cockroaches
university of montana
todayilearned
May 20, 2020
TIL In-N-Out burgers operates occasional pop-up restaurants in Australia for the sole purpose of protecting their tradmark there.
america
american chain
arnold schwarzenegger
australia
australia and new zealand
australian restaurants
burger chain
burger restaurants
california
california-based burger giant
customers lining
fast food chain
federal court
getty images inc.
in n out burger
inner west
lunch break
melbourne
nevada
new south wales
north america
northern america
oceania
oregon
patrick t fallon
pop-up restaurants
real reason
reason burger chain
rohan smith
sneaky reason burger
stephen savoia
surry hills
sydney
trademark law provisions
united states of america
utah
victoria
todayilearned
Mar 05, 2020
TIL that Burger King is called ’Hungry Jack’s’ in Australia because some bloke in Adelaide already had a snack stand called Burger King and wouldn't change it, so BK gave Jack (the original franchisee) some choices on names and he chose Hungry Jack’s.
accidental household name
american chain
australia
australia and new zealand
australian hamburger fans
australian name
australian retailer
australian stores
burger chain
burger king
burger king restaurant
chain form opening
don dervan
dough mixes
famous brand
fast food
fast food chain
fast food shops
franchise systems
heather forrest
household name
hungry jack
jack cowin
john james
mars bars
memorable adverting campaigns
morning explaining
new south wales
oceania
pacific.mars bars
seagulls awayhungry
supermarket staple
sydney
us mars
todayilearned
Feb 08, 2020
TIL that in the 2018 Hawaii false missle alert, PornHub offered an unusual sociological report. After the alert was sent, traffic on PornHub dropped 77%. Nearly an hour after people were informed of a false alarm, PornHub traffic jumped to 48% more than normal from people relieving themselves.
america
asia
australia
australia and new zealand
ballistic missile
ballistic missile threat
ballistic missile warning
canada
eastern asia
eighth-biggest porn consumer
europe
france
germany
hawaii
hawaii missile
india
initial warning
japan
matthew dunn
missile crisis
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
porn habits
porn searches
porn sites
porn traffic
southern asia
strange reason
united kingdom
united states of america
western europe
todayilearned
Dec 15, 2019
TIL 25 years after its release, Mariah Carey still earns around $3,300,000 a year in royalties alone for her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
america
arena tour
australia
australia and new zealand
australian fans
chart rules
europe
extravagent lifestyle
festive pop song
festive season
mariah carey
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
tour dates
united kingdom
united states of america
upgrading venues
walter afanasieff
todayilearned
Nov 20, 2019
TIL cigarette butts are a huge threat to marine life, each one contaminating 40 liters of ground water for at least 7 days, exposing over 7000 toxins in the environment and taking up to 10 years to break down.
andy bottoms
australia
australia and new zealand
australian manufacturer
boat ramp
butts end
century brand ambassador
cigarette butts
cigarette butts toxicity
cigarettes formaldehydes
discarded bait bags
environment challenge
filtered cigarettes
food chain
hydrogen cyanide
marine batteries
marine battery
model car
oceania
pip kiernan
plastic bag ban
plastic bags
storm washing
woolworths limited
todayilearned
Nov 16, 2019
TIL the single police officer of the regional town Birdsville, NSW (population: 100) patrols an area larger than Britain.
administration jobs
australia
australia and new zealand
birdsville
birdsville police station
brisbane
constable stephan pursell
frying pan
loneliest job
morning tea
oceania
patrol area
patrol area equivalent
police job
police officer
queensland
remote town
sharon
vanessa brown
victoria
todayilearned
Aug 13, 2019
TIL despite having over a billion views, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" doesn't run any ads on YouTube at the singer's request. When asked why, he explained he just wants to keep the song out of the "hey buy this stuff" world.
america
anna webber
australia
australia and new zealand
cameron adams
chris kidd
dj mark ronson
enrique iglesias
europe
french proto-synthesiser
iggy azalea
jean-jacques perrey
justin bieber
katy perry
korean pop star
launceston
luis fonsi
most-viewed music video
music video
musical hero
natasha pincus
national music writer
new york
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
tasmania
taylor swift
united kingdom
united states of america
wally de backer
todayilearned
Jun 15, 2019
TIL that nearly 100 people in Germany die annually while masturbating, and that forensic examiners estimate one to two people per million are killed each year globally.
accidental autoerotic fatalities
active heater
australia
australia and new zealand
crimeofficial numbers
emergency services
europe
farewell letter
forensic physician
german newspaper
hamburg
harald voss
highest court rules
institute of legal medicine
italy
oceania
official numbers
oxygen deprivation
people masturbating
plastic bags
pornographic material
risks leading
risky masturbation practices
sex doll
sexy time
show masturbation
southern europe
staff writers
suicide note
telltale signs
tree lights
unreported cases
victoria
victoria police
western europe
todayilearned
Apr 12, 2019
TIL Jayne Mansfield died in a car crash in 1967 aged 34. Her car hit a tractor, killing her instantly. After her death, the NHTSA recommended requiring an underride guard on all tractor-trailers. In America the underride guard is sometimes known as a "Mansfield bar".
acting lessons
america
australia
australia and new zealand
biloxi
blonde bombshell
bryn mawr
california
city council vehicle
college student
dallas
dance lessons
film career
film director
film roles
gus stevens supper club
heart attack
highway bringing
history editor
hollywood
jayne mansfield
lawyer father
louisiana
marilyn monroe
mariska hargitay
matt cimber
mississippi
movie star
new orleans
north america
northern america
oceania
peeled back roof
pennsylvania
publicity stunts
rear underrun protector
road safety
ron harrison
samuel s. brody
school teacher
sophia loren
stage productions
texas
truck safety feature
united states of america
vehicle actor
vera jayne palmer
wardrobe malfunctions
won beauty contests
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