› added 2 months ago

115

TIL that Clara Bow from Taylor Swift's recent album was a huge film star in the 1920s and 30s who made 58 films in the oppressive studio system, then walked away from it all to defy the system and lived out her life happily in privacy

Read more pbs.org

via reddit.com

R7Gn1 TIL People who walk, bike, or take some form of mass transit to work weigh less, live longer, and have lower divorce rates than commuters who drive. They also have lower rates of depression, more free time, and a more robust social life.
ANaL7 TIL that when you say a word many times over, and it stops sounding like a word, that is called 'semantic satiation.'
gMpbA TIL that Bede (CE 673-735) referred to the Earth as an “orb” and wrote that “it is not merely circular like a shield or spread out like a wheel, but resembles more a ball.” This idea was repeated by philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers throughout the Middle Ages.
698Qw TIL that being able to roll your tongue is NOT a genetic trait
094j TIL that the cast & crew of Seinfeld was so scared of notoriously crazy ‘bad guy’ actor Lawrence Tierney, Larry David would threaten to write a script for Tierney’s character (Elaine’s dad) to return, using it as a negotiation tactic.