TIL: Today I Learned... (3 Viewers)

[Tapxe]

Well, we bathe more often than dogs do and sometimes use perfume, so.

 

[Sailorsaint]

TIL that I am sooo untalented....

 

[baarbogast]

 

[Madmarsha]

TIL that Simone Signoret was born in .... Germany.

ETA: I was watching Diabolique. French men are cruel.

 

[Tapxe]

 

[saintmdterps]

Following a plane crash in WWII my father, who was a naval airman, was hospitalized and met Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. Annie did interpretation into sign language as Helen Keller held dad’s hand. Keller recognized people by the feel of their hands the way you and I recognize faces.

Dad’s injuries were severe and he was in a different hospital over a year later when Helen Keller and Annie toured that facility. Dad waited in a long line to see them again. When he reached the end of the line, Helen Keller took his hand and said in halting speech “Hi Johnny, how are you?”

Dad said he almost fell over. He thought Helen Keller was a walking miracle. She told him “Johnny, life is a either daring adventure or nothing at all” dad idolized her until he passed in 1984

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

TIL that the night the episode of the tv series Seinfeld aired that introduced the holiday “Festivus” to the world is the same night that comedian/actor Chris Farley died at 33 yrs old .

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Following a plane crash in WWII my father, who was a naval airman, was hospitalized and met Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. Annie did interpretation into sign language as Helen Keller held dad’s hand. Keller recognized people by the feel of their hands the way you and I recognize faces.

Dad’s injuries were severe and he was in a different hospital over a year later when Helen Keller and Annie toured that facility. Dad waited in a long line to see them again. When he reached the end of the line, Helen Keller took his hand and said in halting speech “Hi Johnny, how are you?”

Dad said he almost fell over. He thought Helen Keller was a walking miracle. She told him “Johnny, life is a daring adventure or nothing at all” dad idolized her until he passed in 1984

What a story.. honestly can’t believe you’ve never shared that story here before, or possibly you did and i missed it .

 

[saintmdterps]

What a story.. honestly can’t believe you’ve never shared that story here before, or possibly you did and i missed it .

I think I did in the random picture thread, and possibly another time?

Dad’s crash happened March 1944 in Florida. The engine in his Dauntless dive bomber failed on return from a training mission. The plane hit the water and bounced over the beach near Daytona. Students on spring break pulled dad and the pilot from the wreckage before the plane burned. Dad always regretted he couldn’t find those young men to thank them.

 

[Eeyore]

TIL that the night the episode of the tv series Seinfeld aired that introduced the holiday “Festivus” to the world is the same night that comedian/actor Chris Farley died at 33 yrs old .

Instead of airing his grievances, he kept them to himself and tried to self medicate. The airing of grievances isn't just for Festivus.

 

[Madmarsha]

TIL that Toni Tennille of the Captain & Tennille sang backing vocals on a couple tracks of Pink Floyd's "The Wall".

 

[Eeyore]

TIL that Toni Tennille of the Captain & Tennille sang backing vocals on a couple tracks of Pink Floyd's "The Wall".

And the worms ate into his brain

 

[baarbogast]

 

[Madmarsha]

Following a plane crash in WWII my father, who was a naval airman, was hospitalized and met Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. Annie did interpretation into sign language as Helen Keller held dad’s hand. Keller recognized people by the feel of their hands the way you and I recognize faces.

Dad’s injuries were severe and he was in a different hospital over a year later when Helen Keller and Annie toured that facility. Dad waited in a long line to see them again. When he reached the end of the line, Helen Keller took his hand and said in halting speech “Hi Johnny, how are you?”

Dad said he almost fell over. He thought Helen Keller was a walking miracle. She told him “Johnny, life is a either daring adventure or nothing at all” dad idolized her until he passed in 1984

Amazing family story.

 

[Madmarsha]

"Morbid knowledge"? That's cool!