› added 10 years ago

229

TIL that the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park only appear in the film for 15 minutes.

Read more cnet.com

via reddit.com

GYVGg TIL Vancouver, Canada has the least affordable housing in North America, more expensive than Manhattan and San Francisco
b6nxa TIL about the Gunderstrup Cauldron, an ancient silver cauldron showing scenes of animal sacrifice, depicting various warriors, riders, real & mythological animals. Dating from around 200 BC, it's one of the most important Celtic artefacts ever found. It was discovered in a bog in Denmark in 1891.
oJe8 TIL That psychologists and psychiatrists were nearly required to dress as prototypical wizards before testifying in New Mexican courts.
l7J7B TIL Legendary singer song writer Bobbie Gentry ('Ode to Billy Joe', 'Fancy', etc) abruptly quit the music business at the height of her fame in 1982 and disappeared. To this day it is not known where she went, what she did, or where she currently resides. All efforts to contact her have failed.
j6Pln TIL: Hundreds of thousands of US students disappeared from public schools during the pandemic and didn’t resume their studies elsewhere.