› added 1 year ago

39

TIL about laboratory-grown penises

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

PYKeg TIL that the 1974 noir film "Chinatown" was intended to be the first of a trilogy. The second, "The Two Jakes" bombed at the box office. Consequently, the third, "Cloverleaf" was never produced. However, the script was incorporated into the noir parody film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
V69G TIL: When the mummified body of Ramses II was transported in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport, which listed his occupation as “King (deceased).”
ZpVoo TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED began showing through, giving off a purplish glow.
kmD5 TIL The Beatles refused to play to segregated shows and were key in ending racially segregated events.
pYGbN TIL Canada also had American-style "Sundown Towns" like Leamington, Ontario, "where Black people would face violence or harassment if they were in public after dark"