› added 2 days ago

18

TIL In Tug of War, there are at least two mechanisms of injury that can result in amputation

Read more researchgate.net

via reddit.com

6ENDw TIL the Inuit were colonizers from Siberia that by 1300 AD had completely annihilated the native Dorset tribes.
OopJ7 TIL Janis Joplin was bullied by former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson in high school. Even in a 1992 interview, 22 years after Janis’ death, he couldn’t stop bragging about it as he implied groping her: ‘… she never wore any panties… from what I understood’
16MWX TIL that Molly Ringwald has worked as a French translator
D1O5j TIL Sony reportedly fired Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man and nearly replaced him with Jake Gyllenhaal because they suspected Tobey of faking an injury to negotiate bigger pay.
9YNd7 TIL that before the 20th Century the word “computer” meant a person who performed large mathematical calculations by hand.