› added 1 month ago

8

TIL that Greg Lake of ELP wrote "Lucky Man" when he was just 12 years old.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

d8xj TIL That the Texas Legal System uses the Character Lennie Smalls from Of Mice and Men to determine if a death-row inmate is “too retarded” to understand his crimes, and thus avoid the death penalty.
E1BbP TIL the company that produces the Jenga game initially wanted to change its name to "Timber!" or "Tumbling". This is because it didn't indicate how the game was played and people wouldn't know what it meant. The original creator refused because she thought the name would gain meaning later on.
Oo16g TIL about an old film from 1915 called Filibus, Though Italian reviews at the time of its release were negative, Filibus has been well received by later writers and film historians, who have highlighted the film's pioneering use of lesbian attraction, genderfluidity , and science fiction motifs.
VDX0 TIL - The largest found ancient Egyptian cemetery had 54% blondes and redheads, with 87% light hair when light brown is included
rdnx TIL that you would not die instantly if you were exposed in space. Scientists estimate that a human being can survive 15-30 seconds in open space (X-post r/TheBestLists)