› added 5 years ago

391

TIL the jacket worn on the cover of Michael Jackson's BAD album was made by a cult

Read more refinery29.com

via reddit.com

AD6QB TIL that the 'Thin Blue Line' is supposed to be Law Enforcement standing between us and chaos. I always thought it was symbolizing the line between 'Us and Them' but the supposed meaning seems ironic given the last few days events.
oar8 TIL Lesbianism is technically allowed under Judaism since, unlike male homosexuality, no punishment for it or acknowledgment of it is made in holy scriptures presumably because it was thought that women could not possibly form sexual attractions
J1OGj TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10x8 board. He also had a 10x10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.
9Y4P6 TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips, they are molded out of powdered potato, wheat, and other additives
d4lj TIL The Guinness Book of Records was originally published by Guinness Breweries as a reference for settling bar arguments.