› added 4 years ago

258

TIL there is only one gun store in all of Mexico.

Read more latimes.com

via reddit.com

jJyE TIL There’s an alternate ending to The Lion King, where Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.
6glZ TIL in Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig.
LkrpQ TIL Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps
bNyE TIL that spiders use fluid movement/hydraulics to “push” their legs forward. They lack the muscles to do so normally and use fluid pressure to do so. This is also why their legs curl up when they die and if their body gets punctured, their body “deflates” and is rendered useless.
ryex TIL there was a song written in the 1630s that was performed only in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of the piece secret for 150 years until the 14-year-old Mozart listened to the piece two times, transcribed it from memory, and produced the first unauthorized copy of the song.