Today I learned that, after Phil Hartman's death, the Simpsons staff considered casting Harry Shearer as the replacement voice actor for the character Lionel Hutz, but decided to retire Lionel Hutz instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Hutz
TIL that Diddy was in his 20s when all of the bad stuff in his life was happening. Imagine starting a business at that scale when your 23 and then all of the negative stuff that happened happens 𤯠𤯠đ¤Ż
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah1QdZiXzgQ&t=83s
TIL There is sexually explicit cave art (NSFW)
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_2013-2034-4239
TIL that the landing craft used by the US during D-Day (and in much of WWII) were made mostly of plywood and initially designed for trappers, oil drillers and rum runners. The Navy started using them when they found the boats outperformed their own designs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)
TIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_filter
TIL that the world's quietest room is located at Microsoft's headquarters and registers -20.35 dBA, making it quieter than a human heartbeat
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/quietest-place
TIL that the recently revived sport of SlamBall was invented by Mason Gordon, a TV writer who had penned episodes of Nickelodeon's "Kenan & Kel" and "Cousin Skeeter."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamball#History
TIL that Bud Light's big marketing push in the 80s was Spuds Mackenzie, a dog presented as "a cool dude". Spuds was played by a female dog, named Honey Tree Evil Eye.
TIL Have a nice weekend fam! Don't work too much
TIL that in 1963, the song âUe o Muite Arukoâ became the first Japanese-language song to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was written to express frustration at American military bases being allowed to remain in Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song)
TIL their is a species of rabbit considered a living fossil, called the Amami Rabbit, which lives on a Japanese island and looks NOTHING like a wild rabbit. Seriously. Is that not just Master Splinter with a BBL??
https://www.nippon.com/en/images/i00064/
TIL about Hitomi Soga-Jenkins, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea with her mother in 1978. Her mother disappeared and was never seen again. She was given a Korean name and married an American defector. They had two daughters. The family returned to Japan in 2004 where they live today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_Soga
TIL that Mattel sued the band Aqua over the use of Barbie in their hit single 'Barbie Girl'. The judge ultimately concluded his ruling by saying: "The parties are advised to chill."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel,_Inc._v._MCA_Records,_Inc
TIL due to efficient recycling processes, 75% of all aluminium produced world wide is still in use today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling
TIL there is a Star Wars Christmas album from 1980, and it featured the first professional recording of Jon Bon Jovi on the song âR2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmasâ
TIL that Nova Scotia is a peninsula; not, in fact, an island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia_peninsula?wprov=sfla1
TIL highly modified egg whites can filter microplastics from seawater
https://modernfarmer.com/2022/11/egg-whites-could-be-the-key-to-cleaning-our-oceans
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/155utoh/til_highly_modified_egg_whites_can_filter/
TIL that sniper Simo Häyhä kept a Winter War diary discovered in 2018 from his nephew's drawer, that can now be read online for free, visualized and contextualized also with his letters and other memories
TIL The Spanish Empire developed a long term plan to conquer China in the 16th century, a crucial part of the plan was to encourage mixed marriages between natives and settlers to turn China Hispanic and so easier to rule over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empresa_de_China
