› added 1 year ago

91

TIL the White Lion brought African indentured servants to what became the USA a year before the mayflower.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

D1dGJ TIL During the Depression people used cotton flour bags and feed sacks to make clothes, curtains, diapers, awnings and other household items. Manufacturers got wind of their bags’ other uses and began decorating them. Color and patterns added a little style and joy to the common sack dress.
plaN TIL that a female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin
g0PW TIL: Stephen King only charges $1 to adapt his short stories into films. He calls them “dollar babies”.
wDO1 TIL That Pixar granted a wish from 10-year-old Colby Curtin to see UP before she died from cancer. A Pixar employee flew to the Curtin’s house with a DVD of the finished film and screened it for her and her family. Curtin died seven hours later at 9:20 pm, shortly after seeing the film.
ANDOB TIL Kayne sampled "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin without permission and when Richard D James offered to re-record it for them, they replied ‘It's not yours, it's ours, and we're not even asking you any more.’