› added 1 year ago

73

TIL roughly half of the Dutch workforce works part-time.

Read more longreads.cbs.nl

via reddit.com

orGE TIL A snail’s venom could make a pain-killer 1000x more powerful than Morphine. And it’s non-addictive
6EYwZ TIL that Alan Smithee was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wished to disown a film. In order to use the pseudonym, directors were required to prove that they were not able to exercise creative control over the project.
Wk7WX TIL there is a specific order in English for adjectives to be placed and sound correct. The order must also abide by a specific sound pattern.
9xrB TIL cellphones in Japan can’t turn off the shutter noise in order to protect the privacy of people.
yVPjV TIL that on 1 March 1978, Charlie Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave [..] for ransom in an attempt to extort money from his widow, Oona Chaplin