› added 1 year ago

50

TIL that the 9/11 landfill was named Fresh Kills

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

DEeY TIL Bluetooth technology (and its logo) was named after King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson because he unified Denmark and Norway much like the technology which unifies electronic devices. The logo consists of the Nordic runes for his initials…H.B.
6EJgl TIL Doo-wop is considered to be one of the precursors of Punk, with bands like The Ramones borrowing the 12-bar aab pattern, and some early bands adopting the call-and-response background vocals characteristic of Doo-wop.
6b1m TIL that there is a bookstore in Portland, Oregon that takes up an entire city block
4lJ5 TIL 2 groups of Chimpanzees fought a war against each other form 1974-1978. Dr. Jane Goodall was very disturbed by this and said,“For several years I struggled to come to terms with this new knowledge.”
ANWGx TIL that The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison bought his first pair of his famous leather pants after he saw Marlon Brando wearing a snakeskin pants in the 1960 movie "The Fugitive Kind."