› added 4 years ago

310

TIL The Florida State Seminoles is not a mascot. Instead, the University calls themselves “Seminoles” in honor of the Native American tribe. The name is supported and endorsed by the tribe, and the University and tribe share a special relationship.

Read more unicomm.fsu.edu

via reddit.com

Z0Mv TIL Missy Elliot qualified as a genius through an IQ test as a child, skipped two grades of school, only to deliberately fail afterwards so she could return to her friends in the younger grade.
wo0Eo TIL James Cameron has long had a fascination with shipwrecks & Titanic was "the Mt Everest of shipwrecks." After an IMAX film used footage of the Titanic wreck, he then sought Hollywood funding for his own dive. "not because I particularly wanted to make the film" "I wanted to dive to the shipwreck"
kNjg TIL “Devils Advocate” was an official position within the Catholic Church, the Devils Advocate would argue against any proposed sainthood in order to uncover any hidden or overlooked flaws
JYxeV TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode.
E4jX TIL the wage gap has been largely debunked and is actually a misrepresentation, encompassing “all full time women” and “all full time men” without adjusting for basic things like their education, how many hours they work, or even what job they occupy.