› added 6 years ago

1246

TIL That people who speak 2 or more Languages often have separate “Assigned” Personalities for those Languages.

Read more newrepublic.com

via reddit.com

KOXAQ TIL that the alien in Alien was played by a Nigerian man named Bolaji Badejo. He died of sickle cell anemia in 1992, at the age of 39.
xVkZg TIL that the classification of “First World” initially had nothing to do with standard of living or GDP. The terms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world were devised at the onset of the Cold War to describe nations that were either aligned to NATO (1st), aligned to the USSR (2nd), or non-aligned to either (3rd).
8aogV TIL death row prisoners of Tennessee can choose between death by lethal injection or death by electric chair
G6EG TIL A large lake in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, disappeared within a few years because authorities allowed a company to develop the area. The once scenic park became a puddle after developers filled it in with sand in order to build properties
nPNW TIL that for cattle, a male is first a Bull Calf and grows into a Bull, unless it’s castrated, which is then known as a Steer which grows into an Ox. A female is first a Heifer Cow and then grows into a Cow.