MightGuy420x

MightGuy420x OP t1_j2fs5fw wrote

Reply to comment by bobwazere in TIL Dennis Wilson of the The Beach Boys and Charles Manson spent the summer of 1968 living together at Wilson's home. At the time Manson was angling for a record contract, and Wilson, who took to calling him "the Wizard," introduced him to friends and industry executive. by MightGuy420x

No but ill check it out. My dad told me about it and i had to google to see if it was true haha

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MightGuy420x OP t1_j2frgns wrote

Reply to TIL Dennis Wilson of the The Beach Boys and Charles Manson spent the summer of 1968 living together at Wilson's home. At the time Manson was angling for a record contract, and Wilson, who took to calling him "the Wizard," introduced him to friends and industry executive. by MightGuy420x

Another source

https://www.biography.com/.amp/news/charles-manson-dennis-wilson-friendship

1968, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson was divorced from his first wife, Carol Freedman, and living the high life in a large house on Sunset Boulevard outside Los Angeles.

That spring, he stopped to pick up two female hitchhikers on the Sunset Strip and invited them home for milk and cookies. After eating, he got to talking about his experiences with the Maharishi, founder of Transcendental Meditation. The women said that they, too, had a spiritual guru, named Charlie.

Not long afterward, Wilson returned home at night to find the lights on and a school bus parked outside. He eyed the small man walking toward him and asked if the intruder intended to hurt him.

"Do I look like I'm going to?" responded Charles Manson, before dropping to his knees to kiss Wilson's feet.

Thus began the unusual friendship between a rock 'n' roll icon and one of history's most sadistic cult leaders.

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MightGuy420x OP t1_iy4oclw wrote

Reply to TIL about the Javan Rhinoceros. A critically endangered species of rhino. Currently there are about 76 Javan rhinos surviving in just one country, Indonesia. by MightGuy420x

The decline of Javan rhinos is attributed to poaching, primarily for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much as US$30,000 per kg on the black market. As European presence in their range increased, trophy hunting also became a serious threat. Loss of habitat, especially as the result of wars, such as the Vietnam War, in Southeast Asia, has also contributed to the species' decline and hindered recovery.

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MightGuy420x OP t1_iuf1ps3 wrote

Reply to TIL the song Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and the USC marching band is the only song that features a marching band to ever make the top ten of the US billboards top 100 songs. by MightGuy420x

The song peaked at number eight in the United States for three weeks, reached number six in the United Kingdom (where it was certified Silver for sales of over 250,000 copies), number five in Canada, and number three in Australia.

The Trojan Marching Band's contributions set a record for the highest number of musicians performing on a single. At the time, the marching band had 112 members.

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