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TIL that “The Godmother of Rock and roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, pioneer gospel singer & influential guitarist, held her wedding publicly at a DC’s Griffith Stadium, in front of 25000 paying customers and fans. Though the nuptials were a initially a PR stunt, she stayed up married for 22 yrs.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 2:24 pm

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TIL the bartender in The Right Stuff, who chews out Gordon Cooper, calling him a “rookie” and a “pud-knocker,” is Florence Barnes, who held the women’s world speed record (taking it from Amelia Earhart), and worked as a stunt pilot in Hollywood. The other bartender was Chuck Yeager.

by whatilearned July 26, 2022, 9:59 am

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TIL in 1924 Gladys Ingle and the Black Cat Hollywood Daredevil stunt team were able to replace a plane’s wheel while in the air and film it.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 6:46 pm

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TIL A Stunt Pilot Died Filming ‘Top Gun’ [1986] in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 5:37 am

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a promotional stunt by Epic Games to promote their new Fortnite Season.

by CopyPastaArchive June 7, 2022, 10:06 am

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TIL the famous “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925 was deliberately conceived as a publicity stunt for the town of Dayton, Tennessee. Residents of the town held a protest and threatened to boycott Chattanooga when the trial was initially to be moved there.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 11:24 am

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GTA V STUNT RACE

by CopyPastaArchive May 31, 2022, 2:54 pm

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TIL of Byron Looper, a Tennessee politician known for both changing his middle name to “(Low Tax)” as a vote-winning stunt and, during a Tennessee state senate race, assassinating his opponent. In the election, held a month later, he still received 1,531 votes.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 8:02 pm

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spaceuk’s startling stunt

by CopyPastaArchive May 1, 2022, 8:19 am

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TIL Mini pigs aka Teacup pigs are a hoax. They are just potbellied pigs that have been underfed to stunt their growth and will eventually grow to weigh 100-150 pounds.

by whatilearned April 29, 2022, 3:02 pm

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TIL the car chases in the movie “Ronin” used right-hand UK cars with fake steering wheels on the left-side for the actors to use, had 300 stunt drivers including Formula 1 & Rally Car drivers, and all cars were going full speed at over 100 mph.

by whatilearned March 24, 2022, 3:41 pm

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TIL In the early 1900s Mauricia de Tiers performed a stunt known as the “Dip of Death” in which her car was launched upside down and landed onto a ramp that would flip her upright. Mauricia de Tiers ultimately died performing the stunt when her automobile left the track and crashed into the arena.

by whatilearned March 15, 2022, 8:38 pm

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