Guess What I Learned Today?

19 7 / 2021

Kurt Russell was paid twice his going rate for his role on Stargate because he was the only actor at the time to have “zero unlikability” in a global poll.

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16 7 / 2021

Despite being two of the most popular characters in Star Wars since 1977, Carrie Fisher (Leia) and James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader) only met each other in person around 35 years later on an episode of Big Bang Theory.

When Fisher first saw Jones, she raised her arms in the air and shouted “DADDY!”

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15 7 / 2021

Because in 1901 San Francisco banned burying the dead within the city (and eventually even relocated some cemeteries) many are now being buried in neighboring Colma, CA.

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colma

14 7 / 2021

The original Oregon Trail game was a text-based strategy game that came out a year before Pong.

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13 7 / 2021

In WWII, Major Digby Tatham-Warter led a bayonet charge while wielding an umbrella. He later disabled a German armored car with his umbrella. When saving the chaplain from enemy fire, he said “Don’t worry about the bullets, I’ve got an umbrella”.

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umbrella

09 7 / 2021

Stalin, historic leader of the USSR, was a pen-name meaning “man of steel”. His real name was Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili.

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stalin

08 7 / 2021

During the Great Depression, the Central African country of Cameroon sent the US $3.77 in relief (around $57 today)

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cameroon

07 7 / 2021

Bears in Yellowstone can eat up to 40,000 moths a day

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06 7 / 2021

“Deafheads” are deaf Grateful Dead fans who often gather in a specialized viewing section (dubbed “The Deaf Zone”). Many will hold balloons to feel the vibration of the music.

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deafheads

02 7 / 2021

FDR’s White House served notoriously terrible meals. First Lady Eleanor wanted to set an example for the country during the Depression by serving economical meals made from scraps

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white house food