› added 1 year ago

351

TIL Donna Summer was the first choice to sing "Its Raining Men" but hated it because as a now born-again Christian, she thought it was blasphemous and sent the songwriters a Bible the next day.”

Read more americansongwriter.com

via reddit.com

pv4Z TIL in 2000, a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca off the coast of California. All other Great Whites in the area suddenly disappeared. A tagged Great White showed researchers that within 1 hour of the attack, the tagged shark dove to 500m and swam 4000 kilometers to Hawaii.
b95M9 TIL in 2007 artist Justine Cooper created a campaign around the fictional medicine 'Havidol' to treat the fake psychological disorder DSACDAD as a social satire on the tactics used by the drug industry to sell prescription drugs. It was so successful many people believed Havidol was real.
e0WkE TIL about The Highway of Tears...A section of Canadian Roadway where Women Disappear Without a Trace
loMNa TIL that an animal’s yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
VM7Qk TIL that Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent. According to a Russian diplomat, "Lenin said that his tutor in English was an Irishman and that was why he was speaking with an Irish accent."