› added 2 months ago

128

TIL Apple Pie isn't all that American, despite the saying "As American as Apple Pie." Neither Apples nor Apple Pie are unique to, nor originally from America.

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

jNxdj TIL of that time Peter Jackson tried to get Lee to scream as he was stabbed, only to be corrected. "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody's stabbed in the back?" Lee said he asked Jackson. "Because I do."
OoOj4 TIL that a device called a 'Teasmade' was popular in the 60s and 70s in the UK, an alarm clock which also made tea, ensuring it was ready upon waking up.
N9l1 TIL I learned that the Californian tried to warn surrounding ships about ice but were told to ‘shut up’ by Titanic’s operator 40 mins before collision
8amrb TIL a male baboon in Australia being transported from a research facility to get a vasectomy escaped with 2 female baboons when their cage broke. The trio was captured after 2 hrs of freedom & the vasectomy was postponed. The females reportedly had been brought along to reduce the male's stress.
QVX TIL New Zealand was home to the largest known eagle until just around 1400CE, with a wingspan of 2.6 to 3m