› added 7 years ago

163

TIL Amar Bharati has been constantly holding his arm up to honor the Hindu deity Shiva since 1973. The reason for that is that Mr. Bharati is a Sadhu, a part of a religious group that advocates very hard challenges as acts of devotion to the god Shiva.

Read more americanow.com

via reddit.com

Oor4R TIL that the weightless scenes in the movie Apollo 13 were real. The space capsule set was built inside a cargo plane that would freefall for about 20 seconds at a time, simulating being in orbit. The plane would then climb back up to film the next scene.
QJ1J6 TIL Bali's thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom for more food. Robbing and bartering is an expression of cultural intelligence on the part of the monkeys.
wLQmM TIL that one of the animators from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves (1937), Disney’s first animated feature film, is still alive today and was 8 years old during the 1918 Flu.
woYdY TIL The writer for "Die Hard with a Vengeance" was investigated by the FBI after they revealed that his story's plan of robbing the Federal Reserve through a breached subway wall would have worked
W79lY TIL Male bees and wasps cannot sting you. A stinger is a modified ovipositor.