› added 3 years ago

101

TIL Contrary to myth, embassies are technically still soil of the host country, but host country laws don't apply within the premises.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

e0Ykn TIL in the “The Wizard Of Oz” movie, the Tin Man cried chocolate syrup instead of actual machine oil as the oil didn’t show up well on film
Z8oPo TIL That One of the names for Storms this Year is "Nana"
D1Jgj TIL Sub-replacement fertility that is a fertility rate which, if sustained, leads to each new generation being less populous than the older is around 2.33 as opposed to the intuitive guess of 2 children per woman.
ZLxp TIL a British soldier in WWII sent a taunting message to Hitler saying “You said in your last speech German troops would meet the British wherever they landed. Where are your troops?”
bjZa TIL that Andy Warhol would go into hair salons to get his wig cut, then the next month he would come back to the salon in a longer wig and act like his wig had grown.