› added 1 year ago

41

TIL that the inspiration behind Professor Snape in Harry Potter was a chemistry teacher John Nettleship. Nettleship at first was upset about this attribution, but later came to embrace it, even writing a book.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

88a4 TIL that anime production typically involves employing the services of 2,000 people per episode around the world and costs US$100,000-300,000 per episode
KdoE TIL that Native Canadians were forcibly taken from their homes to attend cultural Reform Schools from 1840–1960. The last school closed in 1996.
0yoM TIL Carl Sagan was part of Project A119, a project whose goal was to explode a nuclear weapon on the moon.
p8xaA TIL that there's a parasite that brainwashes mammals to make them easier prey for cats, and it may also affect humans
RVg4 TIL the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, which set off WWI, was due to a wrong turn. After a first failed attempt and the conspirators giving up on the mission, the Archduke decided to visit the injured in the hospital and accidentally drove past one of them after taking a wrong turn.