› added 13 years ago

118

TIL that Unreal Engine 3 was used for the backgrounds in LazyTown

Read more unrealengine.com

via reddit.com

mXov TIL “Turning a blind eye” is thought to come from Admiral Horatio Nelson disobeying an order to withdraw during a naval battle; allegedly putting a telescope to his blind eye & saying “You know, Foley, I have only one eye - and I have a right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal.”
8ew74 TIL the person who invented dumpsters name was dempster, and they where originally called Dempster Dumpsters
ADODx TIL That Rage Against the Machine ordered donuts for 300 police officers who protested them outside a show in Massachusetts
4EAX TIL that Germany prints paper currency for 60 different countries, and Canada makes coins for 62.
wopAE TIL that honeybees have five eyes. They have two large compound eyes and three smaller simple eyes on top of their heads, which help them navigate and detect light.