› added 4 years ago

141

TIL: The game Chinese checkers was created in Germany

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7r4Np TIL that the word “huh” is a universal word, with almost identical meaning across 31 languages.
m1aNY TIL that Vincent van Gogh painted his iconic Irises while staying at an “insane” asylum, inspired by the vibrant flowers he observed in the courtyard from his window.
4ZRR TIL that Johnny Cash recorded Folsom Prison Blues at the facility and added screaming inmate noises after the recording. The inmates were silent during the recording due to their fear of the guards
kOxE4 TIL in 1953 four editors from the Harvard Crimson newspaper stole a birdsh*t covered ibis statue from their rival- the Harvard Lampoon. The editors talked their way into a meeting with the Soviet Ambassador, and gifted the ibis to the USSR as ‘symbol of the universality of the search for truth'
wL7JP TIL Miami Planetarium director and PBS Star Jack Horkheimer was born with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition. As a young adult, he received so many chest X-rays, he suffered radiation sickness and lost all of his hair.