› added 8 years ago

259

TIL that the name Tyrone is Irish and there is a County Tyrone

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

avg0 TIL that a man named Jack Ass tried to sue Jackass for $10 million
PMAG TIL that bamboo can be used to make extremely soft yarn for weaving, twice as soft as cotton.
8RgX TIL in 1883, a pamphlet was published with three coded pages known as the Beale ciphers. These pages are supposed to have the location of a hidden treasure worth about $63 million. Only the second page has been solved and it is thought that the treasure is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
ZOg4 TIL There is a man who visited Disneyland over 2000 days in a row and still thinks it is the happiest place on Earth
OovOe TIL Boston's debut album was initially rejected because band founder Tom Scholz had recorded and produced it entirely in his basement. In order to appease/fool the label, Scholz hired someone to pretend to produce the album while he rerecorded and reproduced the same album from his basement again.