› added 11 years ago

103

TIL that the term “Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create what I speak.“

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

wvR1 TIL that Muhammad Ali painted his friend Joe Frazier as an uncle tom, turning many against Frazier. Frazier’s children were bullied and he received threats. Ali promised that he would crawl across the ring and call Frazier the greatest if he beat him, which he refused to do after losing to Frazier.
0wYBy TIL about hyperparasitism, where a parasitic species is itself parasitised by another parasite. Up to three levels of parasitism have been identified - specifically a fungus on a fungus on a fungus on a tree
v1geR TIL The production of the movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was so insanely difficult that inspired a documentary called "Lost Soul" . The director hated Val Kilmer so much that said “Even if I was directing a film called The Life of Val Kilmer, I wouldn’t have that prick in it”
VMXGQ TIL Empire Strikes Back, the most critically acclaimed of the Star Wars films, made the least amount at the box office in the entire franchise.
M7eo7 TIL about the Assassin's teapot, a two chamber teapot originating from China that was used to poison enemies by dispensing different types of liquid depending on which hole is covered.