› added 5 months ago

102

TIL there is only one man named Oscar that has won an Oscar, Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II

Read more rodgersandhammerstein.com

via reddit.com

oBQ8K TIL: the term Vitamin was coined by Casimir Funk, who discovered specific substances that cause special diseases. He originally called them “Vital Amines”, but once non-amine substances were discovered, he shortened the name and removed the “e” to avoid confusion.
Q6LL TIL that Harold Gillies is considered to be the father of plastic surgery; after the first world war he performed thousands of surgeries mostly for soldiers with facial injuries, usually from gunshot wounds
a06y TIL there was a British soldier during World War II named Jack Churchill, who fought solely with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. His motto was, “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed.”
7rEnO TIL that when George Ruth Jr. was 19, the law stated he had to have a legal guardian to sign his baseball contract. Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn became Ruth's guardian, leading teammates to jokingly call Ruth "Dunn's new babe." The joke stuck, and Ruth quickly earned the nickname "Babe" Ruth
m1LaY TIL calculus is another word for tartar (hardened dental plaque).