› added 8 years ago

108

TIL Northern Paper Company offered the first splinter-free toilet paper in the early 1930s.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

QNnPa TIL "In 1956, the students of the Pasadena Playhouse School of Theatre arts voted two actors as the least likely to succeed: two friends, Gene Hackman (who had the lowest grades at that point in the history of the school) and Dustin Hoffmann. Both went on to win two Oscars each
vByr TIL-We don’t sneeze in our sleep, because out “sneeze nerve” is sleeping as well.
dDj0E TIL that the rumor that “Mama” Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich was started by her manager and one of her friends, who later claimed they were trying to protect Cass from being linked to drug use.
1PVd TIL Of a parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off,then attaches itself to the stub and becomes the fish’s new tongue.
b74Q TIL it is polite in Japan to slurp your noodles as you eat them because “how could you possibly get the full flavor if you don’t slurp!?”