› added 1 year ago

52

TIL Romani people in Turkey

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

57RB TIL: If you reach the most inaccessible point in Antarctica (82°06′S 54°58′E) there is a golden visitors’ book to sign.
px6A TIL that Hitler wasn’t the only Führer of Nazi Germany. After his suicide, the second Führer was former Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels from 30 April-1 May 45 (Goebbels’ suicide). The last Führer was Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk from 1 May-27 May 1945.
ykKX TIL in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn’s communicator is a redecorated Gillette Sensor Excel Razor for Women.
Z57Q TIL Rope (1948 Jimmy Stewart, IMDb 8.1 RT 97%) is an 80 min Hitchcock film shot in only 10 takes, with every other cut masked so it looks like only 5 takes (projectionists changed reels every 20 min) It takes place in real time, is Hitchcock’s first Technicolor film, and was banned for homosexuality
KB7J TIL that all domestic golden hamsters are descended from one female – probably one captured in 1930 in Syria