› added 2 years ago

646

TIL Bangles' lead singer, Susanna Hoffs was tricked into recording the song "Eternal Flame" while completely naked.

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

kOXM5 TIL about superfecundation, which is the phenomenon of conceiving twins from two different fathers.
ZpJND TIL: Flexible Curves were once called Lesbian Rulers, not because they "weren't straight" but because they were invented in Lesbos, Greece.
06Lv TIL that the best way to cure intractable hiccups is with a rectal massage
awK7A TIL that Crimean Gothic, the last survivor of the East Germanic language group (Including the Gothic of the tribes who sacked Rome, and Vandalic) is attested to being spoken in Crimea as late as the 19th century, a full 900 years after the rest of the language subfamily died out
xWD0 TIL that R&B singer Akon founded a solar energy company in Africa. The company employs 5000 people recently closed a $1B credit line.