#TIL: Tommy Lee Jones and Oliver Stone were born on exactly the same day. Do you think when they realized that they giggled and hugged on the set of Natural Born Killers?

#Cinema #Film #Birthdays

#TIL The Shining’s story was inspired by The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, but the film wasn’t shot there. Dumb and Dumber, however, was filmed at the same hotel.

#shining #colorado #lora #sam #stanleyhotel

#TIL about a platform to explore #USA #Energy #data, created by the #OWID folks:

#OpenData

usenergydata.org

Stunning.
The magic, the history and family drama were all gripping. Exceptionally well weaved together.

#TIL magic, mortality and the weight of history are nothing next to relatable, sympathetic people.

#booksky #novel #writer #book #read #author

#TIL A Scottish grilled cheese shop lets customers pay £1 for “seagull insurance” that replaces a stolen toastie if a gull snatches it.

#grilledcheese #seagullinsurance

#TIL about the existence of a Pullman loaf tin. And why they are called that.

#TIL Maladaptive daydreaming is a psychological condition where people spend long hours living in detailed, vivid fantasies, sometimes to the point of neglecting real-life relationships and responsibilities.

#psychology #hip #daydreaming #tas #mentalhealth

#TIL that 308 is the modern permanent-redirect status code. Like 301, it tells browsers and search engines that the page has moved permanently to the new location. Unlike 301, 308 guarantees that a client retains the original HTTP method and request body when following the redirect.

#html […]

#TIL: Loot is a hindu word

madrascourier.com/insight/trac...

#EIC

#TIL that you are on this site.

Just thought I'd let you know I read Edison's Ghosts a couple of years ago, and loved it.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

hat tip/blame to this jmap presentation which put this bug into my brain. #til jmap uses webpush / rfc8030. rock. what a protocol. 🤘
youtu.be/8JQkbUQ918w

#Til that you "kiss the ring" in French, too.

There's an #Ontario in #California !!!

#TIL !!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario...

#TIL Tom Holland wasn’t given the full script for Avengers: Endgame because Marvel didn’t trust him with spoilers. He only received his own lines and wasn’t told which actor he’d be opposite in a scene.

#gaming #nes #movies

#TIL Bobby Driscoll, the child actor who voiced Peter Pan in Disney films during the 1940s–1950s, died at age 31, penniless and alone, in an abandoned New York City tenement.

#pandisney #pan #disneypan

#TIL South Korea is seeing more “dopamine sites” , fake shopping or food‑delivery apps that let users customize orders, track fake couriers, and get a sense of spending satisfaction without actually purchasing or receiving anything.

#food_delivery #fake_shopping #dopamine_sites

#TIL: es gibt zwei neue französische songs von #CélineDion! 😊
« Bonjour, Pardon, Merci »
https://youtu.be/BbatcDcn4AU
« Dansons »
https://youtu.be/FHL5wBjqXCI
#diehellendinge #2026