When Jay-Z was 12, he shot his older brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewellery. He later referenced it in a song titled “You Must Love Me.”
100 Mind-Blowing Brother Facts
Tutankhamun’s parents were brother and sister.
The TV show Big Brother originated in the Netherlands. It was created by John de Mol in 1999 and has since been franchised in 54 countries.
Actor Julia Roberts is aunt to fellow actor Emma Roberts. Also an actor, Eric Roberts is Julia’s older brother and Emma’s father.
The name ‘Adidas’ comes from Adolf (Adi) Dassler (Das). Building off of a shoe business that he started with his brother, Adolf “Adi” Dassler established his own company upon their separation in 1949. The founder named his brand Adidas as a contraction of his name. More interesting facts about shoes? Adi’s brother, Rudolf Dassler was the founder of Puma.
Big Brother U.S. only showed news from the outside world for one day. One of the main gimmicks of Big Brother is that the contestants are not allowed to be a part of the outside world. Communication was barred from their loved ones and they weren’t allowed to keep up with current events. However, the producers of Big Brother delivered the news to housemates just once during the 9/11 attacks.
Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting in his entire life. And that painting was sold to his brother!
She has a twin brother named Spencer. In a case of double the talent, Peyton List shares her birthday and the spotlight with her twin brother, Spencer List.
Lucy and Linus (who were brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left field on Charlie Brown’s baseball team, [when he could find it!]).
If you have a twin brother or sister, there’s a higher chance that one of you might be left-handed.
The term “brah” is Hawaiian pidgin, short for brahdah (brother), and was popularized by surf culture.
Hitler’s half-nephew’s service in the US Navy. The son of Adolf Hitler’s half-brother, Alois, William Patrick Hitler was born in England in 1911 but moved to Germany in the 1930s. He was something of a problem for the German Führer, and in July 1939 he published an article in Look magazine titled ‘Why I hate my uncle. . .’ He moved to America in 1939. It has been reported that in 1944 he appealed directly to President Roosevelt to join the fight against his uncle and the FBI deemed it sincere. Though he never saw combat, Hitler served until 1947. He changed his name to William Stuart-Houston and died in 1987.
We can thank Albert Einstein for a lot of our current understanding of the physics of time. Rather than viewing time as a set order, he proved that it’s relative. For example, according to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, there’s an inverse relationship between your speed and the speed of time. The faster you move, the slower time moves. This is why someone blasting through space will age slower than the people still hanging out on Earth: Astronaut Scott Kelly was born several minutes after his twin brother, Mark, but after Scott spent 340 days living on the International Space Station, he returned to Earth around an extra 5 milliseconds younger than his “big” brother. Had Scott been travelling at a speed close to the speed of light, that age difference would have become much more pronounced.