› added 11 years ago

64

TIL The Final Countdown’s 2000 dance remix had a misprint leading to countdown being spelt as cuntdown

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

BrkPb TIL the word "gorilla" comes from the Greek word meaning, "savage hairy women."
VM7VQ TIL the Gin Blossoms co-founder eventually killed himself after being kicked out of the band shortly before their rise to popularity from the songs he wrote.
YeVr TIL if a member of the US military or a US official is detained by the International Court in the Hague, the US has a law allowing it to invade the Netherlands to release them.
5YJan TIL In 1903, the New York Times declared that "flying machines" were essentially a waste of time—only a week before the Wright brothers successfully flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
J16x1 TIL that (former) Dutch footballer Dennis Bergkamp is afraid of flying to the point that he would take car/ferry/train to away games, or not travel at all. His Aviophobia gave him the nickname of the "Non-Flying Dutchman".