› added 2 years ago

96

TIL that Jack White of the White Stripes originally wanted to save the guitar riff used in "Seven Nation Army" for if he got the chance to make a James Bond theme song. 5 years after the song was released, he wrote the theme for the 2008 Bond film Quantum of Solace.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

EJ5d TIL that The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, a Japanese woodblock print, is considered one of the earliest examples of tentacle erotica, with this piece of art dating back to 1814.
41PX TIL PhotoDNA, Microsoft software, can automatically identify an image as child porn. Over 70 companies are using it to detect these illegal images and aid law enforcement around the world.
9w09M TIL the body has about 0.2 milligrams of gold (worth about $0.012 as of writing this). This small amount of gold is naturally present in the body and plays a role in maintaining joint health and facilitating electrical signal transmission. The total volume of gold purified is 10 nanoliters.
vPR9K TIL,the drug lord Chapo in a therapy session made public by the therapist admitted that he had only one addiction:women. The man also assured that he had at least 23 children.He was officially married three times. His last wife was 17 years old when the then 50-year-old chapo decided to marry her.
Me17K TIL that when Coca Cola launched Dasani bottled water in the UK they lazily used the same campaign they’d used in the USA, and soon found out that BOTTLED SPUNK doesn’t mean the same thing in the UK that it does in America.