› added 8 years ago

108

TIL the official name for Greece is the ‘Hellenic Republic’

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

4XDvb TIL: The fastest R/C airplanes in the world are gliders that can exceed 500MPH and 120 G's powered only by the wind.
9YNeX TIL that both the 1974 and 2013 adaptations of The Great Gatsby won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design
RKNl TIL of Potoooooooo, an 18th c racehorse was so named when a stable lad misspelt his name, Potatoes, on a feed bin. It was later shortened to Pot8os
nepJW TIL Owe Sandström designed ABBA's performing costumes in consultation with the band members and ABBA producer Stig Anderson. The only outfit Anderson wasn't really satisfied with was Agnetha's fitted white jumpsuit, as the outfit attracted more attention than the song
5DKr TIL Girl on the old Czechoslovak one-crown coin was in fact charged with treason and sentenced to ten years in prison for being in Scouts organization, which was banned by the communists. The artist learnt about her story and secretly used her portrait.