General TIL thread

[Filthy]

"Beyond the pale" is a racist reference to the Irish as immoral and lawless savages.

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

"Beyond the pale" is a racist reference to the Irish as immoral and lawless savages.

You're confusing "racist" with "accurate" again.

 

[Big Dummy]

Today I realized BJ Penn and Sean Penn have the same last name.

 

[Speaker to Animals]

Today I realized BJ Penn and Sean Penn have the same last name.

 

[Speaker to Animals]

Today I learned about a sensitive guy, oh yeah

r/Damnthatsinteresting - Macho Man Randy Savage with Possibly the Best Answer to ‘Do You Cry?'

82,031 votes and 1,715 comments so far on Reddit

v.redd.it

 

[sparkuri]

This is a really big harmless garden spider.

 

[Filthy]

TIL that the big bowling match scene of "Kingpin":


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY_gwbxreOE

Spoiler

was shot in ONE TAKE in which Bill Murray stepped up to the line drilled 3 strikes in front of 3k extras.

story starts at 3:50, but the entire clip is Golden Murray


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WltlVfVUPog