› added 5 years ago

130

TIL in Iceland, if you don’t know the address to where you want your mail to go, you can hand-draw a map to your destination on the envelope

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

YBMW TIL The creators of The Lion King originally wanted to reunite Cheech and Chong as the hyenas. Cheech accepted the role but Chong was not available. His role would later be voiced by Whoopi Goldberg
JLm TIL that early in Jim Carrey’s life, before he had become famous, both he and his family had to live in their Volkswagen van.
xVGND TIL names for generic drugs has a prefix and suffix. The suffix tell you how the drug works. The prefix can me made up but has to follow a strict rule including not using the letters Y, H, K, J, and W because certain languages that use the Roman alphabet don't have these letters.
QJpPX TIL about Eugène Rimmel (1820–1887) a British (but French-born) entrepreneur and parfumier who created the first non-toxic mascara. As of today, in many languages, «Rimmel» and «mascara» are synonyms.
Nk46 TIL Habitual mouthbreathing can cause crowding of the teeth and drastically change the shape of your face.