› added 1 year ago

96

TIL the first deaf person in recorded history was a painter

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R7Jea TIL the Hawaiian island of Kauai encourages tourists to check a dog out of shelters for a day as part of a field trip for dogs program. Having the dogs out and about gives them exercise and increases their chances of getting adopted by a local.
8e6Pa TIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned down
QN0lp TIL that the drug cocktail used for medically assisted death varies widely and has varying degrees of success in providing comfort- in one instance it took 108 hours to work.
d8lnB TIL the Ford LTD's name does not stand for Limited, but for Lincoln Type Design.
ypWM TIL while at the toilet, president Carter hit a secret “panic button” thinking it was a flush toilet button and Secret Service responded by bursting into the room while the president was still zipping up his trousers.