Home
Random
Trending
Today
33
posts added
Search
› added
1 year ago
52
TIL the man who invented the chiffon cake was named Baker
Read more
wikipedia.org
via
reddit.com
R7xkj
TIL Sigmund Freud's nephew convinced the public that bacon and eggs was the true all-American breakfast
NXMWJ
TIL that the TIE fighter sounds on Star Wars were created from elephants.
a9vo
TIL Newborns’ crying is influenced by native language. In a 2009 study, French infants were shown to cry with a “rising melody contour” while German infants cried with “falling contours”.
R5k5a
TIL Paul Winchell was a comedian/ventriloquist who invented one of the earliest artificial hearts. Winchell also invented a flameless cigarette lighter, a garter belt without visible lines, and owned over 30 patents.
v19wx
TIL at David Niven's funeral, the largest wreath was from the porters at Heathrow Airport with a card reading "To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king."