› added 10 years ago

249

TIL Fraggle Rock was HBO’s first original series

Read more imdb.com

via reddit.com

4XQ8w TIL about the treeless tundra town of Nome Alaska, who's residents create their own Nome National Forest on the frozen sea out of their discarded Christmas trees. The tradition has fallen out of practice but has recently been reborn through pressure from the Mayor.
LQdnV TIL some churches have a hagioscope (or squint), a hole in a wall which allowed segregated worshippers to view the altar, one London church had to admonish nuns who got into the habit of kissing ‘secular persons’ via the squint
QNjA6 TIL that Pinky’s intro song in “Next Friday” is not sung by a black artist. It’s David Bowie.
9YONM TIL Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It
566D TIL a 17 foot statue of Vladimir Lenin has been removed from a rooftop in NYC’s East Village, where it stood for 20 years. The statue had been positioned to face Wall Street, the emblem of capitalism.