› added 9 years ago

94

TIL Amethyst is Greek for “not intoxicated” because the stone was once thought to protect the owner from substance abuse.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Y7vRW TIL an Ottoman official in early 20th Century Paris was offered male prostitues by his host, who thought that being Turkish, he would be interested in sodomy.
8ewa TIL that the first actor to say “Goddamn” on Broadway had to turn his back on the audience, as saying it whilst facing them would have been “too shocking”
P1W4V TIL about Chicken Hypnotism: By simply drawing a line in front of a Chicken, you can immobilize it for up to 30mins
Q7EE TIL that r/todayilearned was temporarily shut down as a form of protest for a beloved long term employee that was allegedly being let go
OGxRL TIL Disney's Animal Kingdom was the brainchild of Imagineer Joe Rohde, who had previously designed the Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island. When presenting the idea of the new animal-themed park, Rohde brought a 400-pound Bengal tiger into the meeting with Disney CEO Michael Eisner.