› added 2 years ago

71

TIL: that the idea for the Kool-Aid Man was inspired by Marvin Potts watching his son draw smiley faces on a frosted window. Without childlike creativity, the Kool-Aid Man would have never existed.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8aOv8 TIL There is a Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus. It covers a part of Belarusian history which is mainly excluded from current Belarusian official historiography by presenting recordings of inhabitants who report on their personal experiences with Repression during the Soviet time
P14Pe TIL that killer whales have cooperated with human whalers in the past.
9GKr TIL that armadillos of the genus Dasypus (the only ones found in the US) give birth to four genetically identical young that split from the same embryo; i.e. they always have identical quadruplets; they are the only known vertebrate animals to exhibit this “polyembryony”
8a8a TIL that Samsung made the chips for Apple’s iPod Touch for its first 3 generations
R5nV9 TIL Jason David Frank's role as Tommy was originally slated for a few episodes. Considering how popular he became, the Green Ranger went on to become a more permanent member of the show. JDF has the longest run of any Power Ranger cast member, with a total of 217 episodes under his belt