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TIL Will Smith gave $122,500 to three Scientology organizations in 2007

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 3:10 am

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TIL Samuel Stanhope Smith had a theory that Africans were darker because they were covered in small freckles that when combined made a “universal freckle”

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 1:26 am

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How was the surname Smith viewed in post medieval England? Was it associated with lower class working people or did the name appear in the aristocracy as well?

by HistoryBuff November 1, 2021, 10:40 am

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TIL Anna Nicole Smith never actually got money when her 90-year-old husband died. His will left his $1.6 billion estate to his son and nothing to her.

by whatilearned October 25, 2021, 4:41 pm

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TIL in the originally filmed ending of “I Am Legend,” Will Smith realizes he is the “monster” and the zombies have only been protecting themselves from him. The studio insisted on a replacement “happy ending”, which implies the discovery of a “cure” and nothing of the zombies’ humanity.

by whatilearned October 21, 2021, 9:15 am

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Why I Hate Frameworks, Benji Smith.

by ProgrammerDude October 20, 2021, 1:20 pm

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TIL that in 1848, after abdicating the French throne, Louis Philippe escaped to England under the pseudonym ‘Mr Smith’, where he would spend the rest of his life before dying in 1850

by whatilearned October 18, 2021, 11:51 am

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TIL: The cross on top of the Dresden Frauenkirche, a church in Dresden that was destroyed during WWII, was forged by Alan Smith. Smith is a London based goldsmith whose father was a pilot during the bombings that destroyed the church.

by whatilearned September 26, 2021, 12:46 pm

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Will Smith visited my house today

by CopyPastaArchive September 19, 2021, 7:01 pm

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TIL about America’s first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Smith Friedman. She broke codes in both world wars (even breaking an enigma code to uncover a nazi spy ring in South American) and broke codes for the coast guard to take down smuggling rings and gangsters during prohibition.

by whatilearned September 17, 2021, 8:33 am

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TIL the role of Django was originally written for Will Smith, who turned it down due to him feeling he wouldn’t be the lead actor

by whatilearned September 3, 2021, 6:23 pm

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TIL Rolling Stones’ bassist Bill Wyman began dating his 2nd wife, Mandy Smith, when she was 13 and he was 47. Married for 2 years, they divorced in 1993. That same year Wyman’s 30-year-old son from his first marriage married Smith’s mother, who was then aged 46.

by whatilearned August 25, 2021, 3:53 pm

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