› added 11 years ago

133

TIL The Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy. It was cheaper for the publishers to break it up into three books than printing one large book.

Read more tolkiensociety.org

via reddit.com

b9Qyj TIL China produced a swimsuit poster in 1990, "The feeling of the sisters of the two coasts", showing young Chinese and Taiwanese women in a sisterly gathering, indicating how good relations are (or should be) on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
M50V TIL that Su Filindeu (The Threads of God) is the rarest , most difficult to make pasta in the world , and for 300 years ,only 3 women of a single Sardinian family knows how to make it.
XGyE TIL Contrary to popular belief, asphalt paving is the most recycled material in the United States. Despite its classification as industrial waste, up to 99% of reclaimed asphalt pavement is recycled into new paving
R7151 TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
Oo5w6 TIL about Francis Wharton, who had no teeth, killed a deer, made a denture out of the animals teeth and then ate the deer