Home
Random
Trending
Today
25
posts added
Search
› added
7 years ago
143
TIL that the Swedish Chef’s accent sounds Norwegian to Swedes
Read more
slate.com
via
ift.tt
Z88JB
TIL there's a penny on Mars
AKxB
TIL in the Harry Potter series, Tom Riddle has a different name depending on which language the book is in, in order to preserve the anagram in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
YpJjx
TIL that when humans domesticated wolves, we pretty much bred Williams Syndrome into dogs, which is characterized by "cognitive difficulties and a tendency to love everyone"
WkPRB
TIL Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) was easily offended on the set of The Andy Griffith Show and the staff took a cautious approach when communicating with her. Andy Griffith said Bavier phoned him four months before she died and apologized for being "difficult" during the series run.
kOM8W
TIL that British surveyor Sir George Everest, for whom the mountain is named, actually pronounced his name "EEV-rist."