› added 7 years ago

311

TIL the Brontosaurus once was considered to have never existed but has recently been declared to have actually existed. It was thought to have been in the same genus as the Apatosaurus but recent discoveries have separated the two as distinct

Read more scientificamerican.com

via ift.tt

nWEwP TIL Michael Bay was originally hired to direct Saving Private Ryan, but left because he couldn't figure out how to approach the film
4eXR TIL that Dana Snyder’s audition for “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” was literally an angry, abusive and drunk rambling message left on the voice mail of Dave Willis, the show’s producer and writer. Snyder eventually became the voice for “Master Shake”.
R7J79 TIL that Christopher Mccandless from "Into The Wild" didn't poison himself as the novel/film says. He merely starved to death.
XrkQ TIL a monkey discovered in 2010 is known as the Burmese sneezing monkey because it sneezes uncontrollably when it rains [x-post from /r/DamnInteresting].
nWvDP TIL that as revenge for Oscar Wilde being in a relationship with his son, The Marquess Of Queensbury planned to present Wilde with a bouquet of rotten vegetables at the opening night of The Importance Of Being Earnest, Wilde’s hit play. But Wilde was tipped off and stopped Queensbury getting inside.