› added 3 years ago

180

TIL after Salvador Dalí and Harpo Marx met and expressed mutual admiration, Dalí sent Harpo a Christmas present: a harp with barbed wire for strings and spoons for tuning knobs, wrapped in cellophane. Harpo was delighted and sent Dalí a photo of himself sitting at the harp with bandaged fingers.

Read more dangerousminds.net

via reddit.com

d8JZB TIL there is an animal called "musk deer", and its a deer with sabretooth
P11Ln TIL that the black metal fueled church burnings in Norway started on the 6th day of the week, 6th day of the month, 6th month of the year. (Norway starts it week on Monday)
mx59O TIL The fake cocaine actors snort on film is vitamin B powder, a common cutting agent for real cocaine.
KYGkB TIL that domain of Saudi Binladin Group's Internet domain name, "saudi-binladin-group.com", was registered on September 11, 2000, for one year, expiring on the same day as the September 11 attacks. The group was founded by Muhammad bin Ladin, father of Osama bin laden.
AmEx TIL there are only 12 people in the world who have ever dived past 790 ft recreationally. That is the same number as the number of people who walked on the moon.