TIL that the iconic Rosa Parks bus photo was staged by the UPI after her victory in the Supreme Court. The man behind her is UPI reporter Nicholas Chriss. denverpost.com Submitted by p38-lightning t3_10thqef on February 4, 2023 at 2:31 PM in todayilearned No comments 2
TIL that actor Federico Castelluccio, who played Furio on The Sopranos, is also an art expert who discovered a misidentified Renaissance painting worth perhaps $10 million more than the $140,000 he paid for it. news.artnet.com Submitted by p38-lightning t3_101achd on January 2, 2023 at 11:23 AM in todayilearned No comments 4
TIL that Vidal Sassoon (his real name) started styling women's hair in wartime London as a teenager, but he took a hiatus at age twenty to join the elite Israeli commando force known as the Palmach. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by p38-lightning t3_zthb92 on December 23, 2022 at 2:38 PM in todayilearned 94 comments 1,580
One more clock radio! My grandmother gave me this when I went to college in 1976. Still chugging away on my side of the bed - to my wife's chagrin. Submitted by p38-lightning t3_zk0bp2 on December 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM in BuyItForLife 16 comments 549
TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces. nationalww2museum.org Submitted by p38-lightning t3_yvj0fq on November 15, 2022 at 1:32 AM in todayilearned 81 comments 903
TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by p38-lightning t3_xv4mrl on October 4, 2022 at 3:53 AM in todayilearned 49 comments 246
One more clock radio! My grandmother gave me this when I went to college in 1976. Still chugging away on my side of the bed - to my wife's chagrin.