› added 1 year ago

35

TIL Uwe Boll, famous director of hit movies such as House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, now owns and operates multiple restaurants and has been somewhat successful at it since 2015.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

LaZd TIL until 40 years ago scientists believed all life and food chains ultimately depended on the sun for energy. The discovery of deep sea vents with whole ecosystems driven solely by chemical energy changed this view. Now it’s thought that life may have actually originated from such systems.
epxLn TIL the longest domestic flight ever was Air Tahiti Nui's flight TN64, flying non-stop from Tahiti to Paris, a distance of 15,715 km (9,765 miles)
yV7Ya TIL that the area of Tunisia Lucas used for the Star Wars Tatooine scenes was actually called "Tataouine" IRL.
neoDY TIL the phrase ‘Fed Up’ comes from falconry, as when the bird has been ‘fed’ for the day, it will no longer hunt or do any work
Wk7x8 TIL that Key West declared war on the U.S. and then hit a U.S. soldier on the head with stale bread then immediately surrendered