› added 9 years ago

186

Today I learned that the title for Egyptian proctologists literally translates to “shepherd of the anus.”

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

QNM4X TIL Marla Gibbs continued to work as a flight attendant for two years after being cast on a hit TV show. In a 2015 interview, Gibbs told the Washington Post that despite it appearing as though she had gotten her big break, she kept her job as a flight attendant for American Airlines for 2 more yrs.
kJxMe TIL that German chocolate cake was invented in Texas
9wLED TIL in Germany it is illegal to use the familiar "du" form when addressing a police officer. You must always use the polite "Sie" form of address, and can be fined up to €600 for failing to do so.
d9JK TIL that only one member of Congress voted against the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists after 9/11, stating that they should be “careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target.”
Y7Rbv TIL that the full administrative name of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was "The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen"