› added 7 years ago

229

TIL jeans originally had that extra pocket “as a protective sleeve for cowboys’ pocket watches.”

Read more today.com

via ift.tt

8egeb TIL that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was inspired by the rivalry between candymakers Cadbury and Rowntree's during Roald Dahl's childhood. Both sent spies to each other to steal trade secrets and eventually became highly protective of their respective chocolate-making processes.
1BVd TIL that the guy who wrote lines like “What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!” and “tonight… Hell FREEZES over” among so many other excellent puns for the classic film Batman and Robin is actually an Oscar winning screenplay writer.
ADjpx TIL that an oil exploration company dug up seamonkey cysts in the 1990's while drilling near the Great Salt Lake that were radiocarbon dated to be 10,000 years old, and when the cysts were placed in water, some of them hatched.
YpNx7 TIL Some airplane cushions have charcoal filters in them to stealthily hide farts due to the change in air pressure
M7RV8 TIL the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th US Presidents lived past 80 years old. The next 25 in a row died before reaching 80.