Home
Random
Trending
Today
89
posts added
Search
› added
7 years ago
94
TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling
Read more
wikipedia.org
via
reddit.com
r9wW
TIL that the cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was created on a dare
e0y0D
TIL that scuttled WWI ships serve as a source of steel for high precision sensors
Oo6x1
TIL of André Tchaikowsky, a Polish pianist who donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company after his death, as he wanted it to be used for Yorick in productions of Hamlet. It took 26 years for his wishes to be realized as no one wanted to use it. In 2008, David Tennant finally used it.
rNmA1
TIL the Vice President of the United States misspelling “potato” was once enough to cause a national scandal.
wLJ6M
TIL of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was killed in a train accident on set of Midnight Rider, due to unsafe decisions made by the director and producer. Later a movement emerged, and movie crews from around the world put her name on slates, as a tribute and a pledge to always stay safe on set