› added 12 years ago

104

TIL if you get pulled over in Texas and you are carrying a lot of money the cops can just take that money.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

woNd7 TIL that gorillas fart almost nonstop due to their fibrous diet
eQ8g TIL the reason why Bambi (1941) looks so stylistically different than Disney’s other works is because entry-level employee Tyrus Wong, an immigrant artist from China, painted sketches of his vision without permission from supervisors. Walt Disney saw his work and promoted him as to lead BG artist.
OpQX TIL that in 2015, 2 men escaped paying for their £140 (€195) taxi fare by bringing a mannequin wearing a hat with them into the car. After they both got out (leaving the mannequin) they told the cabbie where their “sleeping friend” lived and that he would settle up payment at the end of the journey.
ypBa TIL that one the world’s largest sperm banks stopped accepting donations from red-haired men due to low demand
yQb5l TIL the latitude/longitude coordinates of 0°N 0°E point to a buoy off the coast of Africa jokingly called "Null Island"