I Learned Something Today

[AdrenalineRush1996]

The Telstra 2G mobile network was shut down in 2016 by a man who had to retire his Nokia 3315 after using it for 13 years.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Kim Possible was originally going to be a blonde.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Every album by Adele is named after the age she began recording per each album.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Ben Tennyson was originally going to be a redhead.

 

[Red Arrow]

This is not sung in Korean but in English. (South Korea has a separate version in Korean)

 

[CanalPlusFan1980]

Regular Show composers Mark Mothersbaugh, John Enroth and Albert Fox also composed music for Summer Camp Island.

 

[CanalPlusFan1980]

Julia Pott was working on Adventure Time.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Julian Lennon is the only son of a Beatle to score a solo Top 40 hit in the UK and the US.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Madonna's self-titled debut album was originally going to be called Lucky Star.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

There is a sequel song to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" titled "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling.

 

[Markus Nelis]

I was drinking too much coffee today and then I vomited. Lesson: Don't drink 5 cups of coffee in one day. 2 cups is enough.

 

[harry580]

fairy oddparents was going to be named the fairy godparents then to oh my godparents before renamed to fairy oddparents

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Trent Reznor wanted to work with Aaliyah for a future project prior to her unfortunate death in 2001.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Owen Harper is the only main character of the original five characters of Torchwood to have not interacted with the Doctor.

 

[harry580]

James gunn pitched a hit monkey series before the archer studio (floyd country) did

 

[Markus Nelis]

Tom and Jerry is the most popular cartoon of all time by people watching when we count the show's total franchise.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Riverdale was originally pitched to Fox before it became a CW show.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Julian Beck was battling stomach cancer when he played Henry Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

So the producers of Waterworld had this idea to open the film with zooming into the Universal globe as the polar icecaps melted. To start the project, VFX supervisor Kirk Cameron (not that one) asked Universal to send him "the original object," assuming it was a CGI model.

But the 1990 Universal logo was, in fact, made with practical effects and four days later he found himself stuck with a giant globe in a massive box taking up the company's lobby floor.

Tumultuous titles: the crazy story behind 'Waterworld's' opening moments - befores & afters

One of several memorable Universal logo take-overs, and it even involved a giant globe...

beforesandafters.com