› added 5 years ago

497

TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.

Read more blackpast.org

via reddit.com

Z8dVY TIL Pangolin is neither cheap nor delicious. It is incredibly expensive and tastes awful.
p8e5N TIL Slave Bible, an abridged version of the bible made for slaves, in which the enslaved Israelites never left Egypt and lines that condemn slave owners were removed.
m7EM TIL Marilyn Monroe was really good friends with Ella Fitzgerald. Monroe was instrumental in getting Ella past racial barriers to perform and they stayed friend till death.
6jXY TIL that Bottlenose dolphins like to do drugs by finding pufferfish, (which produce a powerful neurotoxin and are deadly to eat) and gently chew on them to “get high” on a small amount of the toxin, and will even pass a pufferfish around to other dolphins to share the “drugs.” Puff puff pass!
RGG8 TIL in Japan, you are required to display a sticker on your car for one year after getting your licence to alert other drivers of your low levels of driving experience.