› added 10 years ago

98

TIL. That the Cowardly Lion costume from the 1939 Wizard of Oz was made from real lion pelts.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Br1Yk TIL the current Earl of Sandwich owns a sandwich restaurant chain
rRDBo TIL of incinerating toilets that are used primarily in places where plumbing is difficult or impossible to install. They use propane and electricity to burn waste.
n7Qo TIL that the longbow was such an effective medieval weapon that the Duke of Wellington wanted to use a corps of longbowmen at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815
DWYg TIL that K-pop is subsidized by the South Korean government, because every $100 in music sales increases exports of Korean manufacturing by $412
neRYb TIL that Kanye West's "Gold Digger" was originally written from the female perspective, to be sung in the first person by artist Shawnna, e.g. "I ain't saying I'm a gold digger, but..."