› added 7 years ago

404

TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote a song called “Motherfucker” for their 1999 South Park movie debut, but the MPAA threatened them with an NC-17 rating. They circumvented the threat by changing the song to “Uncle Fucka”.

Read more southpark.wikia.com

via ift.tt

XEOEk TIL that China has only one time zone – despite spanning 5 geographical ones
8lnZ TIL: There’s a restaurant in New York where menu prices rise and fall based on demand, just like the stock exchange
d1mZ TIL to avenge the kidnapping of a group of British subjects, the British Empire mobilised 39,000 men and 40,000 work animals, traversed 400 miles of mountainous terrain, sacked the offending king’s capital, and then returned home.
kKoW TIL Freddie mercury sang The Show Must Go On 2 months before his death to AIDs. Barely being able to stand because of his illness, Brian May told Freddie he would sing the vocals for him. Freddie refused, mustered all of his strength, and sang his first take perfectly.
5VMwQ TIL one survey claimed that 75% of avid readers were satisfied with their lives, compared to 58% of non-avid readers, and also claimed that the average income of avid readers was 12.5% higher.