Tools TIL a naval officer & founder of "antisemitic" press 'IHS' sued the navy and won $660,000April 11, 2019
Tools TIL The Times has eleven days of pre-prepared coverage in case Queen Elizabeth II dies.April 11, 2019
Tools TIL the former boss of Pixar and most of its staff have a condition called aphantasia, that stops them being able to visualise images in their mindsApril 11, 2019
Tools TIL E.C. Segar, creator of the character Popeye, is widely regarded as one of the most influential and talented cartoonists of all time. Popeye first appeared in 1929 in one of Segar's comic strips. Segar died in 1938 from leukemia and liver disease. He was 43 years old.April 11, 2019
Tools TIL that in 1990, TV Asahi, a Japanese TV station launched a fundraising effort among its viewers to raise money to plant cherry trees in the newly reunified Berlin. Close to a million euros were collected.April 11, 2019
Tools TIL that EA Sports wanted to pay college football players, but the NCAA wouldn't allow itApril 11, 2019
Tools TIL that pears have a gritty texture because of "stone cells". These cells are what make cherry pits and walnut shells hard.April 11, 2019
Tools TIL EA Games offered to pay Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) to talk positively about Star Wars: Battlefront. Benjamin proceeded to destroy the game's disc and claim the game sucksApril 11, 2019
Tools TIL that Hakan Sukur best known for scoring the fastest goal in a World Cup for Turkey in 2002 now lives in enforced exile in the US.April 11, 2019
Tools TIL: According to a theory called the Anthropic Principle, the Universe is mathematically attuned to support the emergence of complex life. The theory was first proposed in 1973, on the 500th anniversary of Copernicus’ birthday, and directly challenges the long held belief in a random cosmos.April 11, 2019
