› added 1 month ago

5

TIL there was a Blade tv series from 2006 that shares the same continuity with the New Line Cinema movies but with a different actor in the role of Blade

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

j6yVp TIL That in the United Kingdom, ketchup was historically prepared with mushrooms as a primary ingredient, rather than tomatoes. In the United States, mushroom ketchup dates back to at least 1770, and was prepared by British colonists in the Thirteen Colonies.
KYdx9 TIL though the Egyptians themselves considered the Romans to be their pharaohs and the legitimate successors of the ancient pharaohs, the emperors themselves never adopted any pharaonic titles or traditions outside of Egypt, as these would have been hard to justify in the Roman world at large.
d8Z9B TIL: Buttonholes for clothing were invented 3000-4000 years AFTER the invention of buttons. Before this, buttons were mostly decorative and useless. Their design hasn't changed much and is one of the most enduring designs in history.
PYNaJ TIL of Reverend Isaac Simmons, an African-American man in Mississippi who was killed in 1944 by a white mob of 6 men who wanted his land of 270 acres Simmons and his family had owned for over 50 years. Simmons was dragged from his home, shot 3 times, and the mob cut his tongue out as well.
lmx1 TIL that Robin Williams paid a surprise visit to a paralyzed Christopher Reeve (Superman), just before the latter was scheduled for an operation; Robin showed up in a yellow gown pretending to be an eccentric Russian proctologist and said he was going to perform a rectal exam on him. Reeve laughed.