› added 9 years ago

164

TIL That the Bank of England only owns two of the ~400,000 gold bars in its vaults.

Read more bankofengland.co.uk

via ift.tt

xJg1 TIL: Twisted Sister did 3,000 club perfomances and sold out the Palladium theater in NYC all without a recording contract or radio airplay. No one in the biz would touch them. TS ended up pressing their own albums and before finally getting a deal with a small UK punk label.
gvdy TIL there is such a thing as a “Therapy Goat” that visits old folks homes to cheer them up!
p8lG8 TIL squirrels don’t take “fall damage” because their terminal velocity is too low for it to do any damage on impact, it’s the same with ants.
gyDL TIL in 1962 the BBC did the math and banned ‘Monster Mash’ for “being too morbid”. However, it was re-released in the UK in 1973, caught on in a flash, and quickly became a graveyard smash.
gMgmy TIL that Snow White is only 14 years old while Prince Florian is 31, making them the Disney couple with the biggest age gap.