› added 12 years ago

205

Today I learned Jimi Hendrix had synesthesia; He could literally see the music

Read more letterstonature.wordpress.com

via reddit.com

9YowQ TIL that an optical illusion caused due to super light refraction may have prevented the Titanic from spotting the iceberg in time and also the closest freighter SS Californian from identifying the ocean liner when it was sinking
nejxd TIL that Jeff Skilling, former CEO of Enron, cut a deal with the DOJ that resulted in 10 years being cut from his sentence. He is due to be released next year, February 2019.
yZNv TIL that the President of Sudan who led the Darfur genocide and who was indicted by the International Criminal Court is still the President of Sudan
VBwLQ TIL that the son of Gravity movie director released a short that tells the real “sad” story behind Sandra Bullock’s character stranded in space connecting with an Eskimo shepherd and his dogs on Earth.
Zjm4 TIL that the 2006 film The Ghost and The Darkness, about man-eating lions, was based on the real Tsavo Maneaters - two lions that killed 135 people in 1898.