› added 1 year ago

104

TIL that the US State Department recommends drafting a will if you plan to travel to Somalia.

Read more travel.state.gov

via reddit.com

neYdd TIL in 2006 50 Cent was sued by Luther Campbell's manager for plagiarizing the lines "It's your birthday" in the song "In da Club". However, the lawsuit was dismissed because the phrase was ruled a "common, unoriginal and noncopyrightable element of the song".
neGGY TIL of that Al-Ma’arri was the first to write a book of divine comedy and is thought to have influenced Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
XEGZ8 TIL a 20-pound Himalayan house cat went batshit crazy and held a family hostage in their bedroom
xV6Rw TIL For many ovens the drawer beneath is meant to keep foods warm, not as storage for baking sheets/pans
8e80K TIL that black and white film can be developed using instant coffee and sodium carbonate, a process called “Caffenol”, instead of utilizing traditional developing chemicals.