› added 3 years ago

110

TIL Several U.S. states enacted legislation specifically banning Marilyn Manson from performing in state-operated venues.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

6ExBm TIL Candles have “memories”- if candles are not allowed to burn long enough to reach the edge of their container, it creates a “memory ring” and the candle will never melt past that point creating a tunneling effect.
41Ng TIL the VW Beetle has changed so little that you can mount the body of a 1936 Beetle on a 2003 chassis, and visa-versa
banQ TIL In Medieval Times, red hair was associated with moral degradation and promiscuity. Redheads were regarded as werewolves, vampires and witches. The Spanish Inquisition singled them out for persecution, believing their hair to be a sure sign that they stole the fires of hell
78J1P TIL During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King had originally prepared a different speech than the one we know today. He departed from it after he heard singer Mahalia Jackson cry out: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!". He then partly improvised the now famous "I have a dream" speech.
gbED TIL that every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican