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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
May 22, 2020
TIL an 8-yr-old UK boy found a rock which was ambergris: a blob made when a sperm whale has a food irritant like squid beak, coats it in grease & vomits/poops it. Perfumeries like Chanel prize ambergris for its ability to fix scent to skin; the blob of ambergris was said to be worth about $63K US.
ambergris
charlie naysmith
science
united kingdom
vomit
whale
whales
todayilearned
Mar 28, 2020
TIL in the 40's hundreds of Guatemalans were infected involuntarily with syphilis by Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and the Rockefeller Foundation. A court case is underway to this day on behalf of 444 victims resulting in 83 deaths.
children / youth issues
company news
europe
fundamental rights / civil liberties
general news
guatemala
health / medicine
human rights / civil rights
infections
infectious diseases
judicial process / court cases / court decisions
lawsuit
maryland
science
sexual health
south america / central america
stds
united kingdom
united states
us
todayilearned
Mar 11, 2020
TIL the day after John Lennon was murdered, Mark D. Chapman was supposed to attend a David Bowie concert, as Bowie was his next target. Lennon and Yoko Ono were supposed to go to the show too, so when the show started, there were three empty seats in front row. The ones for Lennon, Ono and Chapman
alien overtones
australia
chameleon performer
creative period
david bowie
essential reading
fictional rock singer
front row
front-row ticket
interminable solos
john lennon
liver cancer
london
mark chapman
new south wales
new york
nick hopton
rare pictures
rock concert
rock performers
roger griffin
stage door
stage production
sydney
united kingdom
united states of america
todayilearned
Feb 16, 2020
TIL that Alan Turing once bought 150lbs of silver, but didn't trust banks so he buried it in the woods instead. After the price of silver had almost doubled, he went to dig it up, but could no longer find it.
alan turing
andrew hodges
britain
commentaries
corporate events
david champernowne
debt / fixed income markets
english
equities markets
europe
government borrowing requirement
james saft
markets
national government debt
personal investing
saft
silver
united kingdom
us
western europe
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
Jan 22, 2020
TIL a 34-yr-old French-UK woman named Emma Perrier was catfished by a 53-yr-old UK man who was using a 35-yr-old Turkish model's photos. She tracked down the real model, Adem Guzel, they hit it off via FaceTime; about a year later, he flew to London and they became a couple.
adem
adem guzel
alan
alan stanley
alan’s scam
arabian catfishing story
black-and-white modeling photograph
brilliant emma
charming ronnie
dangersome male model
diamond engagement ring
difference—but emma
emma
emma facetimed
emma perrier
emma’s affections
emma’s heartache
emma’s message
emma’s profile
emma’s relationship
favorite photograph
free messaging app
french alps
high-energy barbell class
italian chain restaurant
italian named ronaldo
leafy suburb southwest
leather jacket
london
long time
nearby london hilton
new assistant manager
online pen pals
opposite sex
perrier mineral water
profile pictures
random male model
real name alan
reality-check relationships online
red heart emojis
ronnie
ronnie’s message
shop fitter—a decorator
sixth-biggest french city
small talk
spanish waiter
text message
turkish model
united kingdom
west midlands
todayilearned
Jan 21, 2020
TIL that just 10 percent of world military spending would probably be sufficient to end poverty and hunger
afghanistan
africa
aid relief / humanitarian agencies
algeria
americas
asia / pacific
azerbaijan
china (prc)
civil unrest
conflicts / war / peace
corporate events
diplomacy / foreign policy
economic events
energy (legacy)
energy markets
europe
freeman
global
goals
government / politics
government borrowing requirement
iraq
middle east
military
military conflicts
russia
sam perlo
saudi arabia
south america / central america
sweden
united kingdom
united nations
united states
us
vietnam
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 03, 2019
TIL that Lady Gaga admited that Kiss FM was the only radio station to correctly censor the song during the chorus when she replaces "poker face" with "fuck her face". Although not in the official lyrics, the switch can be heard every second repetition of the phrase during the chorus.
australia
france
gagapedia
germany
ireland
italy
ladygaga
malta
netherlands
poker face (song)
scotland
spain
united kingdom
todayilearned
Oct 17, 2019
TIL that the perfect wave shaped blob of toothpaste from commercials is called a “nurdle” and a lawsuit was fought by two leading manufacturers over the right to depict its image.
biotechnology / pharmaceuticals (legacy)
colgate/glaxo
company news
crime / law / justice
cyclical consumer goods and services (trbc)
diversified pharmaceuticals (trbc)
food processing (legacy)
general news
judicial process / court cases / court decisions
lawmaking
non
nurdle
personal and household products and services (trbc)
personal products (trbc)
united kingdom
united states
todayilearned
Oct 10, 2019
TIL about Hayleigh Curtis, one of Cadbury's 10 taste testers. Her taste buds are so important that Cadbury got her tongue insured for 1.25 million dollars.
cadbury
candy
chocolate
food
jobs
living
united kingdom
wow
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
Aug 08, 2019
TIL that After a decade long effort, Herat, Afghanistan’s deadliest province for landmines, was declared free of explosive devices. Nearly 80% of the country is now mine free.
advocacy groups / pressure groups / lobbies
afghanistan
asia / pacific
conflict
conflicts / war / peace
economic events
europe
government borrowing requirement
governmental organizations
insurgencies
international / national security
landmines
military conflicts
non
overseas development aid
society / social issues
united kingdom
united nations
us
todayilearned
Jun 19, 2019
TIL For the first time in 950 years, the Bayeux Tapestry will leave France and go on display in Britain. It will take several years for the tapestry to be made ready to be moved.
art
arts / culture / entertainment
britain
diplomacy / foreign policy
england
europe
france
general news
government / politics
government borrowing requirement
living / lifestyle
major news
society / social issues
tapestry
united kingdom
us
western europe
todayilearned
May 17, 2019
TIL Robert Pattinson, actor known for playing "Twilight" vampire Edward Cullen, is distantly related to Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's titular character "Dracula."
anastasia tyler
bob tourtellotte
edward cullen
emma watson
harry
pattinson
robert pattinson
stephenie meyer
united kingdom
us
vlad
william
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