› added 4 weeks ago

6

TIL the "good fences make good neighbors" poem by Robert Frost (called Mending Wall) actually argues against fences, says they're unnatural and don't create good neighbors

Read more poetryfoundation.org

via reddit.com

eZjE TIL of “Sailor Jerry Collins”, a tattoo artist who cured his own skin cancer by tattooing prescription meds, meant to be taken internally, directly on to malignant areas.
neL19 TIL that Mike Tyson knocked out another kid for ripping the head off of a pigeon. Tyson had grown up with nothing & found that feeding and spending time with them was an honour & got him away from all the bullying he had endured. To this day he still loves & has his own collection of racing pigeons.
LQmEV TIL Heard Island and McDonald Islands contain Australia's only two active volcanoes
1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.
eAe6 TIL There is a 112+ year old light bulb still burning