› added 8 years ago

624

TIL the velociraptors from Jurassic Park were actually suits worn by actors, and not an animatronic or CGI.

Read more stanwinstonschool.com

via reddit.com

nWk0b TIL about anti-apartheid activist Ruth First. A Jewish South African communist who was assassinated in 1982 by a parcel bomb built by South African police while exiled in Mozambique. She crossed paths with Nelson Mandela after he involvement in the founding of the Federation of Progressive Students
D1L7J TIL that the blanket octopus has the biggest sexual size-dimorphism of any non microscopic organism. Females can be 6 feet long, while males are only 2.4 cms long.
j6jPn TIL that the 1963 Elvis Presley film "It Happened at the World's Fair" came about after Albert Rosellini, the Governor of Washington, suggested to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives that they make a movie in Seattle, Washington, which served as the site of the Century 21 Exposition.
78PnX TIL an ex-wife was ordered to pay 85 weeks of alimony to a man she married while he is on death row.
wnaM TIL Emir of Qatar donated $100 million to New Orleans intended to help rebuild housing, hospitals and schools after Hurricane Katrina.