› added 6 days ago

1

TIL The actress who played Woody's girlfriend in Cheers was in the music video for Prince's "Raspberry Beret" as the girl who hands Prince his guitar at the beginning of the song.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

dDxEr TIL that sixteen and seventeen year olds do not need parental consent when requesting euthanasia in the Netherlands but their parents must be involved in the decision-making process.
GAMD1 TIL that Sweden once had overseas colonies in Africa, India, South America, the Caribbean, and North America. Most were taken over by other European powers after a short amount of time; the only exception was the island of Saint Barthélemy, which it held for nearly a century.
yMDa TIL if you cut off a ring of bark around a tree trunk, the tree will die
R7joj TIL Carlos Alhinho, a Portuguese professional soccer player and manager was killed when he opened the doors on the elevator on the sixth floor of his hotel in Benguela. He stepped in and found that the carriage was not there, but the ground floor. He fell down five floors onto the top of the cabin.
PKmL TIL 4.6% (~ 1 out of 22) of New York City residents are millionaires.