› added 12 years ago

393

TIL, A man made a song using a picture of birds he took on a telephone wire, the result is quite amazing

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

wLgM1 TIL that normally life bonded birds get “divorced” sometimes...
rKnw TIL that when the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was passed, only the birdseed industry successfully lobbied against it by arguing that hemp seeds gave birds shinier feathers than other seeds. Because of this, birdseed producers are legally allowed to import hemp seeds into the US (deactivated) today.
Xvaj TIL that Prince performed a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, but forced YouTube to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance. YouTube reinstated the videos after Radiohead demanded for them to remain on the site claiming “it’s our song, let people hear it.”
xRN7 TIL that Winston Churchill’s last words were “Oh, I’m so bored with it all.”
DwvV TIL that Sir Ian McKellen, broke down an cried whilst filming ‘The Hobbit’ because he had to film with a just a green screen instead of with other actors, he said “this is not why I became an actor”