› added 1 year ago

77

TIL That Guy Fieri's Middle Name is Ramsay

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ADlex TIL that after Andre the Giant fell on top of somebody while drunk during the making of The Princess Bride, the NYPD sent an undercover officer to follow him around whenever he went out drinking to ensure he didn't fall on anyone again.
oWpY TIL Ringo Starr is a left handed drummer who plays a right handed drum kit, leading to his peculiar and uncharacteristic drumming style.
MJnK TIL that Nigerian scams are purposely easy to identify, as they are designed to weed out the more intelligent and draw in only the most gullible or vulnerable. This is called the “process of self selection.”
mvop TIL that every human’s DNA is 99.9% the same, and that the last 0.01% is enough to identify different DNA sequences (and tell what DNA belongs to who)
R59W7 TIL there is a polar bear jail in northern Manitoba, Canada where polar bears are kept isolated until they can be relocated for the safety of the residents of the town of Churchill.