› added 1 week ago

1

TIL Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH is the 2nd largest performing arts center in the US behind the Lincoln Center in New York City with 5 main theatre halls hosting 1 million patrons & 1000+ events annually. The main theatres were saved from near demolition in the 1970s due to neglect & disrepair.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

DQ45p TIL that in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote and published a 50,000 word novel, 'Gadsby' which does not contain the letter 'e' . A warehouse containing most copies of the book burned down.
j6J9n TIL in 1971 a Time Dilation experiment had 2 flights w/atomic clocks go around the world to prove Einstein's theories of relativity (time moves slower as you approach the speed of light, and/or when exposed to more gravity). The clocks gained 0.15 microseconds compared to the ground based clock.
Me9yA TIL Before becoming a successful comedian, Ricky Gervais tried to make it as a musician. This is his new-wave band "Seona Dancing" in the 1980s.
PYZME TIL: There was an estimated 2.5 million people living in the original thirteen colonies in 1776
N7Gb8 TIL: Condoms are NOT effective against HPV or Herpes