› added 6 months ago

21

TIL After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage increased by 300% in the United States.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VMvmp til of r.a.p.p. (rockers against pay-to-play), a group in los angeles in the late eighties who organized protests against hollywood music venues that required performers to buy a large amount of pre-sale tickets before they would book the aforementioned act
eppPE TIL Barley holds significance as the first grain eaten by mankind and can be consumed as bread, beer, and soups. The ancient doctor Galen recommends dill and leeks for flavoring barley water
gMOeW TIL Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, did not live to see the first human to land on the moon.
DQwJ TIL There’s a rare natural disaster in which a lake erupts with CO2 asphyxiating any livestock or humans nearby.
xQLw TIL a bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can lead to Priapism, which is an erection lasting for more than four hours.