› added 1 year ago

48

TIL that Red Pandas were named pandas before the bears were

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

AA5w TIL that before she was Peggy Bundy and Leela, Katey Sagal was a backup singer for Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, and Gene Simmons.
LMgP TIL a Native American Chief ran 150 miles without rest to warn his friends in a white village of an impending attack by other tribes. The Chief died of exhaustion, but the village was saved and named after him.
eQ6g TIL of Exercise Tiger, the training for D-day that ended with 946 American Deaths when 9 German E-boats showed up during the rehearsal and attacked.
W4JA TIL The Ray Charles Foundation is dedicated to funding research for hearing disorders. When Ray was asked why, he said it was because music saved his life, and he wouldn’t know what to do if he couldn’t experience it.
lZG TIL Def Leppard is re-recording their entire back catalogue to screw over their label