› added 1 year ago

71

TIL: Toad the Wet Sprocket got their name from a Monty Python sketch

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

nroo TIL that the inventor of birth control was not only a devout Catholic, but designed aspects of the pill in a specific way in order to achieve acceptance from the Catholic church, convinced that they would quickly adopt it.
BrNnb TIL Jerry Seinfeld contacted South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to express interest in voicing a character. They offered the comedian the nonspeaking part of “Turkey No. 2” in their Thanksgiving episode, but Seinfeld declined.
yMvp TIL Wikipedia earned $35 million in donations in 2011, allowing the company to send employees to pop concerts, get free travel, and even buy furniture
mxb6E TIL Food trucks can be called "Roach Coach" when they are run down and in disrepair
OG9vX TIL the reputed founder of the Outlaws MC (the oldest outlaw biker club in the world) was killed in a shootout in the 1970's during a power struggle between a faction of members who preferred to drink beer and a faction who preferred to smoke marijuana.