› added 10 years ago

286

TIL Jessica Alba owns a company that’s been valued at almost $1 billion

Read more inc.com

via reddit.com

7rZX7 TIL a woman in Mexico named Ines Ramirez performed a C-section on herself after hours of painful contractions. Fearing that her baby would be stillborn, she drank 2 cups of high-proof alcohol and used a kitchen knife to make the incision. Both the mother and the baby survived.
a89Py TIL Prince was a huge Bangles fan. He wrote then gave them their breakout hit, "Manic Monday".
v1j1K TIL that Sam Rockwell copied everything he did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens.
099M TIL Queen Elizabeth is a Doctor Who fan
rRMxy TIL that "ang mo" - meaning "red-haired" - is a term used in Singapore and Taiwan to refer to white people, while "ang mo sai" - meaning "red-haired sh*t" - is a term used in those countries to refer to Chinese people who aren't able to read Chinese and have lost their cultural identity