› added 3 days ago

1

TIL As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, the terms funk and funky were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

RBAj TIL Theme song for Samurai Jack was written by Will.i.am
N7EXb TIL the Czech Republic changed its English name to Czechia in 2016
kOgQg TIL Cats and dogs noses are like human fingerprints - they have a unique pattern of ridges and creases!
nevw9 TIL that a full operating system and a film were stored on DNA and recovered with no errors
QJeR9 TIL In 1993, Dalton Trumbo was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for writing Roman Holiday (1953). Due to Anti-Communist sentiment the screen credit and award were previously given to Ian McLellan Hunter, who had been a front for Trumbo