› added 7 years ago

620

TIL when a 16th century cathedral in Salamanca, Spain was renovated in the early 1990s, ornate stone carvings of an astronaut and a gargoyle eating ice cream were added near the entrance.

Read more culturaltravelguide.com

via ift.tt

VM1O0 TIL powdered juice drinks like Tang were an absolute flop until astronauts took them into space for eating experiments in 1962. Astronauts preferred Tang over other all of the other drinks they brought to space because it was easy to make. It had nothing to do with flavor.
Oo0Kg TIL that the original writer from Toy Story had a whole backstory for Andy's father and that the original house was the father's childhood home and Woody was actually the father's toy.
grwey TIL that Tabasco Sauce undergoes a three-year fermentation process in repurposed whiskey barrels before it’s bottled.
w15P TIL in 1991, the little plastic ball in cans of Guinness won the Queens Award for Technological Advancement, beating the Internet and Email.
W7J6X TIL Appenzell is a village, although it is considered a town, and the capital of the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no administration belongs to and is administered by the districts of Appenzell, Schwende and Rüte.