vPkr8 TIL Clement von Franckenstein, a descendant of the original Franckenstein family, appears in the film 'Young Frankenstein' as an uncredited background actor
J1Vev TIL the Japanese onomatopoeia for Godzilla’s iconic roar in comics is ギャオーン (pronounced “gyaōn!”) but in English comics it is “skreonk!”
pYlVN TIL that while there are still traditional blimps in use, as of 2017, the "Goodyear Blimps" are actually a type of modern semi-rigid Zeppelin, manufactured by the Zeppelin NT corporation.
GA6OG TIL that after two US soldiers were killed by North Korean troops for trimming a tree in the Korean DMZ, the US launched Operation Paul Bunyan(21 August 1976): a massive show of force involving B-52 bombers, fighter jets, and troops with chainsaws, just to finish cutting down the same tree.
16EdO TIL of the Flannelette Curtain in the Australian city of Hobart. Following the Creek Rd creek it divides the traditionally professional and white collar part of the city from the working class part.
oR8XW TIL The Leptodactylis fallax, commonly known as the Mountain Chicken. The Mountain Chicken is nicknamed such after being preyed upon as a local delicacy on the islands of Montserrat and Dominica where it is found. It supposedly tastes like chicken
dDnbE TIL a women played clarinet during her parkinson's brain surgery so doctors could hear and see the instant improvement in her motor control.
KYeP9 TIL: Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters of the British Post Office were wrongfully prosecuted for supposed "financial irregularities" and 13 of them ended up committing suicide. The "financial irregularities" were in fact caused by a bug in the accounting software.
a8myJ TIL that a cat’s purr can actually promote healing — its frequency (around 25 to 150 Hz) can help heal bones and tissues.
Zpo1Y TIL that a U.S. ship captain wrecked off the Sahara in 1815 was captured, enslaved, marched across the desert with almost no food or water, and lived to write a detailed eyewitness account of his suffering — a book Abraham Lincoln later named as one of the most influential of his by life.
78dvZ Til that the US Air Force's operation "Midnight Hammer" was basically a realistic recreation of the strike mission in Top Gun: Maverick.
kJXRe TIL finger pinching conspiracy theory is an antifeminist conspiracy theory from South Korea. It claims there is a deliberate plot to spread and promote misandry through symbolic hand gestures, and that radical feminist groups have propagated these hidden messages to humiliate men with small penises.