› added 12 years ago

171

TIL that Reptar from Rugrats was voiced by Busta Rhymes

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

jN0bR TIL Robert Propst, inventor of modern day Cubicles in 1968, called them “monolithic insanity” before he died in 2000.
6n9W TIL the name “Ten Gallon Hat” doesn’t refer to the volume the hat holds. It is derived from the Spanish word galón (braid), ten indicating the number of braids used as a hat band.
9wRM7 TIL That there's a transmissable cancer that affects dogs and is transmitted during sexual copulation. The cancer cells themselves are transmitted, so not via either bacteria or a virus. It's one of only three directly transmittable cancers affecting mammals - Canine transmissible venereal tumor
a8bjM TIL about Spring-heeled Jack; a "devil-like" entity that terrorized Victorian Britain
d8X7d TIL that skyscrapers are designed to last at least 500 years on average, and are engineered to withstand catastrophic weather events occurring once every 50 years