› added 8 years ago

158

TIL Canadians attempted to build a ship out of ice during WWII.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

4JrX TIL that for staring in the 1988 comedy film Twins, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito both agreed to take 20% of the film’s box office take instead of their usual salaries. This resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers.
ZppyR TIL In paleontology, an "Elvis taxon" is a group of organisms that was thought to have re-emerged from extinction, but in reality has actually merely developed a similar evolution, "in recognition of the many Elvis impersonators who have appeared since the death of The King."
mxkZp TIL that Romans weaved asbestos fibers into a cloth-like material that was then sewn into tablecloths and napkins. These cloths were cleaned by throwing them into a blistering fire, from which they came out unharmed and whiter than when they went in.
LMgP TIL a Native American Chief ran 150 miles without rest to warn his friends in a white village of an impending attack by other tribes. The Chief died of exhaustion, but the village was saved and named after him.
9wJXB TIL that in Ancient Rome, oral sex in general was seen as somewhat disgusting...and forcing a man to orally fellate another was an appropriate punishment for adultery