› added 13 years ago

180

TIL Rick Astley has made a grand total of $12 from the RickRoll video

Read more theregister.co.uk

via reddit.com

Wk1DX TIL Dolphins are born with mustaches (hair around upper lip). Mustach helps newborn dolphins locate and feel their mother for the first few days of nursing and falls off after a week or so because of a natural depilatory process.
YpNnW TIL Dr. Demento, a radio host whose shows specialize in strange, unusual, comedy, and novelty music, has master's degrees in folklore and ethnomusicology
X0rdE TIL that the initial plot for 9/11 was to hijack 10 planes and additional targets included the FBI/CIA HQs and nuclear plants. All male passengers of the final plane were to be murdered before landing it, where the pilot planned to make a speech.
OGKnX TIL that Tetsuya Ishida (1973–2005) was a Japanese painter known for surreal, hyperrealistic works showing boys and men fused with machines and urban life. His art explores isolation, consumerism, work stress, and the monotony of modern city living.
WklGo TIL: Every year in ancient Athens, 500 people were randomly selected to spend the next year of their life proposing laws that the population then voted on.