› added 2 years ago

71

TIL That firearms manufacturer Beretta commissioned a custom Model 92 handgun called the Diamond Beretta. With almost 1200 gemstones embedded in the grip the handgun, which is stored in the Beretta museum, has an estimated value of over $300 000 USD.

Read more beretta.com

via reddit.com

OOX7 TIL a waiter for the Ritz in Dubai overheard a man with his wheelchair-bound wife say it was a shame he couldn’t get her down to the beach. The waiter told maintenance, and the next afternoon there was a wooden walkway down the beach to a tent that was set up for them to have dinner in.
vKZD TIL Prisencolinensinainciusol was an Italian No. 1 pop hit written in fake American English. This is what English sounds like to foreigners. [4:02]
XE5Rk TIL that bees dance to each other in the hive to tell each other where to find good pollen. The angle of the dance is the angle relative to the sun, the tempo of dance is the distance, the duration of dance is the quality of the pollen, and the dancer hands out free samples to whoever’s watching!
ADBZx TIL A WW2 German captain had the proposed name of his vessel rejected so he called it Götz von Berlichengen because GvB was quoted in Goethe as saying "Kiss my arse". The rejected name; Michael.
Z8XOo TIL about "turtle glass". Some states have laws that require coastal homeowners to turn off lights and draw curtains after 9pm because baby turtles migrate out to sea by moonlight and sometimes they get confused by lights and swim inland. Turtle glass is special window that doesn't reflect moonlight