Home
Random
Trending
Today
8
posts added
Search
› added
1 year ago
30
TIL that clams can live as long as 500 years.
Read more
wikipedia.org
via
reddit.com
8aw9Z
TIL the word "scotch" in hopscotch and butterscotch comes from the old French word "escocher", meaning to cut. In hopscotch we hop over "cuts" in the ground (it is an ancient game); butterscotch is a sheet of hard butter candy "scotched" into smaller pieces; it also led to the word "scratch"
R7BL7
TIL the reason why the music genre "shoegazing" got its name is that the performers would stand in a detached state with their heads down. It was because the heavy use of effects pedals meant the musicians had to observe the pedals' readouts.
eoLD
TIL in 2014 an election candidate was arrested in the UK for inciting hatred after reading verbatim a quote by Winston Churchill
xwOb
TIL that the Republic of Nepal has given no names to its seven provinces, only serial numbers.
4Rx6
TIL mozzarella specifically refers to cheese made from buffalo milk. If cows milk is used the cheese is known as Fior di latte.