› added 5 years ago

84

TIL - Vindaloo (curry) originated from Portuguese sailors, carne de vinha d'alhos ("meat in garlic wine marinade"). The basic structure of the dish was "preserved" raw ingredients, packed in wooden barrels of layers of pork & garlic, soaked in red wine. This was "Indianized" by the local Goan cooks.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

J176j TIL former GWAR Bassist Beefcake the Mighty (Michael Bishop) received a Ph.D. in Music from UVA in 2012. After GWAR’s original vocalist died, Dr. Bishop would go on to rejoin the band as their new singer Blöthar the Berserker.
1der TIL that in 2010, Laszlo Hanyeck bought a pizza for 10,000 bitcoin. At the current exchange rate, that’s about $12 million USD.
awYR9 TIL in 1947 in India there were still 565 active "princely states" or principalities under a local or traditional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British rule in India. They covered 40% of India and ranged from large states of 16 million people, down to 10 sq. miles with populations of 3,000
p8vk8 TIL The planet Scarif from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its name from a misspelling of director Gareth Edwards’s name on a coffee cup. “I must’ve said ‘It’s Gareth’ and they wrote Scarif.”
NXkA8 TIL "Johanne Sacrebleu" a parody short film, set in France and filmed in stereotypical French accents (but starring Mexicans and filmed in Mexico). It was released after the wide backlash from the poor portrayal of Mexico and its people by the film "Emilia Pérez"