› added 8 years ago

256

TIL the Common Kestral used to be called a “Windfucker”

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

ngK9 TIL that Emily Blunt developed a debilitating stutter in her childhood, which couldn’t be cured by speech or relaxation coaches. It was cured when she was asked to speak in an accent in the school play
jNyPE TIL Cyndi Laupers hit song "all through the night" was first recorded and written by Jules Shear. Unlike many covers that do not include the original artist, Jules sings throughout Cyndi's recording as backing vocalist.
ka1W TIL Greek scientist Eratosthenes was nicknamed ‘beta’ because he was second-best in the world in almost every field
e0B1L TIL oxygen masks in airplanes aren't connected to an oxygen tank. Instead, they use a chemical reaction to generate it on the spot
PYMVe TIL the only way Louis Pasteur was able to study rabies was to keep a supply of infected animals in the laboratory. His assistants routinely pinned down rabid dogs and collected vials of their foamy saliva and were under orders to shoot anyone that was bitten by the animals in the head