› added 11 years ago

132

TIL That H.R. Giger designed a version of the Batmobile for Batman Forever that was deemed too “out there” to use

Read more spinoff.comicbookresources.com

via reddit.com

NrL8 TIL that due to a large amount of polar bears, people in Svalbard (northernmost Norway) are required to carry a rifle outside of settlements as a last resort of self-defense against the animal.
bQD7 TIL Alan Parsons (the audio engineer of Dark Side of the Moon) rejected Pink Floyd’s invitation to work as the audio engineer of “Wish You Were Here” and started Alan Parsons Project
xXvw TIL that “shhh” works for quieting and comforting people because it replicates the sound heard by a fetus of blood going by its ear while it’s in the womb.
7r75Z TIL "Box beds" – cabinets with beds in them and, sometimes, lockable doors – were used for privacy and safety in parts of rural medieval Europe before individual bedrooms were common. They became fashionable even in homes with bedrooms and remaind in use in Scotland into the 1900s.
VMawp TIL of the Winterberg tunnel; which , during WW1 was sealed shut by French artillery fire trapping the 270 German soldier inside. Over the next six days, as oxygen ran out, they either suffocated or took their own lives. Some asked comrades to kill them. The tunnel has just been discovered.