› added 12 years ago

165

TIL Double Dare slime was made from vanilla pudding, applesauce, oatmeal, and green dye in case any of it got in the kids’ mouths, it was perfectly safe.

Read more usspost.com

via reddit.com

jNL9n TIL the primary reason a sequel to World War Z was cancelled is because the Chinese Government have banned films featuring zombies or ghosts
yQvkp TIL some densely populated countries use Election Ink to prevent double voting. The ink uses silver nitrate which stains the skin and is only removed by shedding of external skin cells, therefore providing a sure way of knowing who has or hasn't voted.
OoYAg TIL Stalin saved the Chinese written script by talking Mao out of completely replacing it with full scale romanization
JYRdj TIL: An 18th century German named Matthew Birchinger, aka "the little man of Nuremberg," played instruments, was a calligrapher and a famous magician. He performed tricks that have never been explained. Yet he had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.
ne09G TIL in Ladakh, India if you sit in the Sun with your feet in the shade, you may suffer from both sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.