› added 10 years ago

197

TIL that when the members of Steely Dan found out that the plot of “You, Me and Dupree” was stolen from one of their songs they wrote a letter demanding that Owen Wilson come to one of their concerts and apologize onstage or they would have one of their roadies beat him up.

Read more steelydan.com

via reddit.com

R7GEQ TIL, Nalanda University library in India was destroyed in 1193 by invaders. The 700 year old institution attracted students and teachers from europe and asia. The fire that destroyed the library lasted 3 months and burnt about 9 million manuscripts.
7Q47 TIL that the word “quockerwodger” can mean either “a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string”, or a politician whose strings are pulled by someone else.
VM0m8 TIL Roald Dahl's last words were nearly “It’s just that I will miss you all so much,” until a nurse pricked him with a needle and he said “Ow, fuck!” then died.
WkrAX TIL in 2012 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that forcing a RuneScape player to relinquish his in-game items constituted property theft, and sentenced the perpetrators as thieves.
NK8e TIL: Erotic Asphyxiation started in the 1600’s as a medical treatment for erectile dysfunction when doctors observed that male hanging victims often developed erections.