› added 3 years ago

186

TIL the blast of air you feel when walking into a store is to prevent insects from flying in.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

N7BnN TIL that Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them.
5Pb8 TIL Sega was actually an American company that started in Hawaii and moved to Japan to distribute coin-operated jukeboxes, games, and slot machines to military installations.
ndlP TIL there are Seven Heavenly Virtues paired with the Seven Deadly Sins
LQovd TIL That the legendary Hip-hop album- Madvilliany, by MF DOOM and Madlib, was mostly created in a Brazilian hotel room with basic equipment
naRo TIL at 22 years old Titanic’s only surviving wireless operator Harold Bride stayed on the ship as long as possible sending SOS messages. After being rescued by Carpathia and suffering from frostbite he helped the rescue ship operator send surviving passenger messages.