› added 1 year ago

265

Til that a Captain Charles Boycott was ostracized by his community so hard his last name became synonymous with this form of protest.

Read more historyireland.com

via reddit.com

vGOD TIL: Geoduck (pronounce “gooey duck”) is a species of clam which is way too big for its shell. They live over 100 years and have “siphons” which stick out as long as 3 feet. It is also the mascot for Evergreen State College
GGK5 TIL that in 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked the band “Rage Against the Machine” causing a community uproar and inevitably a ban on concerts – Footloose style.
odjr TIL despite the popularity of Rick Rolling, Rick Astley has only earned 12 dollars in royalties from YouTube for his performance share.
8avLG TIL Monty Python's Life of Brian was banned in Norway and subsequently marketed in Sweden as "The film so funny that it was banned in Norway"
P1Q9n TIL Over the past decade there has been at least a four- to five-fold increase in the number of oral cancers in the US as a result of HVP infections. The odds of HPV-positive throat cancer increased five-fold in those patients with six or more oral sexual partners.