› added 2 years ago

123

TIL about the hindu goddess Kamadhenu, mother of all cows and a deity who is considered a miraculous cow of plenty. She was depicted as a white cow with wings, a female head and boobs and tail of a peafowl.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

Ookn4 TIL The lens in your eye yellows as you grow older, making blue and purple less vibrant.
EZxX TIL That in 1992, Pope John Paul II apologized for the church’s harsh treatment of Galileo Galilei for his idea that the Earth went around the Sun.
P1AnJ TIL a potato chip called The Whole Shabang was made for American prisons. The chips, described as a combination of salt & vinegar and BBQ, were so popular among ex-inmates that a gray market sprung up to get them out of prisons. The manufacturer finally started selling them to the public in 2016.
b6XA7 TIL The US TV show Dallas is alleged to have helped partially hasten the downfall of communist Romania. The regime allowed airings of the show in the 1980s believing that the show would be seen as anti-capitalistic. This backfired as citizens desired the luxurious lifestyle portrayed in the show.
1JdX TIL that multiple cast and crew members were struck by lightning during the filming of The Passion of the Christ, including the actor who played Jesus.