The Rest Radio Show

Questions Asked:

TIL Pope John Paul II entered and prayed in a mosque, and even kissed the Qur’an, in an effort to improve religious relations with Islam. (en.wikipedia.org) -

TIL Crows can recognize human faces, plan their actions in advance, have their own “language,” and can potentially ruin human civilization. (en.wikipedia.org) M

TIL that the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy pumped roughly $200,000,000 into the New Zealand economy. (imdb.com) -

TIL According to the comics, Lex Luthor is agitated towards Superman because he thinks Superman contributed towards the balding of his head when he was a child. (cracked.com) J

TIL During the 2002 Iraqi election, Saddam Hussein’s campaign song was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.“ (mentalfloss.com) -

TIL there was a game released (unlicensed) for the NES in 2010 that is only available for purchase on a cartridge. (en.wikipedia.org) M

TIL Benjamin Franklin Was a Vegetarian (archure.net) -

TIL that TRON (1982) was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt using computers was “cheating”. (imdb.com) -