› added 1 year ago

324

TIL Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first film to feature the visuals and sounds of a flushing toilet with the toilet as an integral part of the story.

Read more collider.com

via reddit.com

OG0o1 TIL that before password protection was common, IBM computers had a physical key lock. The function of the locks ranged from preventing keyboard input, locking the power switch in the "off" position, and preventing the computer case from being opened.
MeOO7 TIL - Classic Yellow Mustard is one of (If not) the healthiest condiment in the world.
wL0po TIL the grave of Pakistan's and Muslim world's first Nobel prize winner was desecrated by Pakistani govt because they did not consider him Muslim enough due to his beliefs
vP0kR TIL that Otis Redding considered Bob Dylan to be his favorite singer, calling him ‘the greatest.' At one point, Bob personally offered Otis a song to record, but the cover never happened. As Otis put it, 'I didn’t do it because I just didn’t feel it. Mind you, I dig his work like mad.'"
gkRX TIL the CIA released reports in 2007 detailing how it partnered with the Mafia to assassinate Castro