› added 2 years ago

65

TIL Hawaiian pizza is not Hawaiian but originates from Ontario, Canada, where a Greek-born restaurant owner got his inspiration from Chinese dishes that mixed sweet and savory flavors.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

jNdOn TIL that the New Zealander singer Wing sent Trey Parker of South Park a letter of thanks as a result of the boost of sales of her records after she was featured in a South Park episode.
69PE7 TIL that Svante Pääbo, the 2022 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, is the son of Sune Bergström, who is also a Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine (1982).
9wPAM TIL the band Green Day got its name from the phrase, "green day", which was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana. Armstrong once admitted in 2001 that he considered it to be "the worst band name in the world".
OGkAX TIL: Because of their naturally amiable personalities, Samoyeds make poor security dogs. They don't attack dangers; they simply smile and growl at them.
0dNo1 TIL When the printing press made its debut in Europe in the 15th century, thousands of old texts were 'recycled' for use as binding material for newer books. In 2015, researchers at Leiden University started using an x-ray technique to reveal these texts. Some are up to 1,300 years old.