› added 7 months ago

28

TIL the piece of paper on top of a Hershey kiss is called a niggly wiggly

Read more wytv.com

via reddit.com

Z8dAG TIL of Henry Grimes, a jazz bassist who disappeared in 1970 and was presumed dead. He was found by a social worker in 2002, destitute and with no bass. After people loaned him instruments and money, he made a remarkable comeback, eventually winning a lifetime achievement award in 2016.
Y70PP TIL Early home radios were referred to as BC capable, meaning Broadcast Channels. BC was AM signals, but AM was not a common reference until FM radios came along and they had to distinguish between them. Much like early records were never called 78s until after 33s and 45s came along.
NXLoM TIL Venus Fly Traps are exclusively found in the wild in the Carolina states, specifically around the Carolina Bays, and due to poaching for export/resale and inability to clear underbrush that eventually smothers the low-dwelling carnivorous plants, they are now endangered.
AD5Vo TIL the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki almost exploded in flight before being dropped
MAXV TIL the disappearance of Saturday Morning Cartoons is due to an FCC mandate requiring networks to air educational programming on Saturday mornings. Many networks abandoned cartoons altogether for news programming