› added 1 month ago

4

TIL the reception to the original novel version of "The Spy Who Loved Me" was so bad that Ian Fleming epressly forbade the producers of the James Bond films from ever making a direct adaptation - only the title and the main henchman "Horror" who became Jaws remained.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N0bN TIL a watchmaker 240 years ago invented robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
neLeW TIL, The first recorded car accident occured in Ohio City in 1891. The driver was James William Lambert, he lost control of the vehicle because he hit a tree root and smashed into a hitching post.
wLQJJ TIL: There is a thing as "smoking jacket" which is worn to prevent the tobacco smell from sticking on your clothes.
lobgB TIL the limbo dance was originally a ritual performed at funerals in Trinidad
ANMNl TIL of the Bouba/Kiki Effect. When people are asked to assign the name "Bouba" or "Kiki" to two amorphous shapes —one round & one spiky— they strongly tend to choose Bouba for the round one, and Kiki for the spiky. This has been robustly confirmed across a majority of cultures & languages worldwide.