› added 12 years ago

90

TIL That Jack Daniels will sell you a barrel of whiskey for about $10,000.

Read more jackdaniels.com

via reddit.com

0wovp TIL that there's no words in Spanish that started with the letter W.
eJV6 TIL carrots do not actually help most people to see in the dark. This myth was propaganda used by the Royal Air Force to explain why their pilots had improved success during night air battles, but was actually used to disguise advances in radar technology.
ewGk TIL your testicles hang at uneven heights so they don’t damage each other when you’re running or sitting
W7dMY TIL at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the opening night lights were automatically activated when the star Arcturus was detected. This star was chosen since its light takes ~40 years to arrive, so the rays landing on Earth had begun their journey ~1893, the year of Chicago's previous World's Fair
e6kE TIL that once the Babylonians could predict when solar eclipses would occur, they would install a substitute king during this period. As they believed that these eclipses were an evil omen, this substitute king could be blamed. (He usually was killed after - of course making the omen true.)