› added 11 years ago

169

TIL Some jazz musicians in the 40s converted to Islam to get around segregation problems. “If you join the Muslim faith, you ain’t colored no more, you’ll be white”

Read more reddit.com

via reddit.com

QJe8M TIL In the movie Ratatouille (2007), the recipe used to make the dish is a real recipe designed by a famous chef known as Thomas Keller...it takes 4 hours to make
kNYg TIL That Conan O'Brien was stalked by a Priest for over 2 years, to the point where he got death threats and his stalker Father David Ajemian flew out to New York and tried to forcefully get onto the taping of Late Night and was arrested.
yKxV TIL Nutella is less nutritious than cake frosting
M94b TIL that there was an experiment to teach dolphins English. A dolphin called Peter did actually learn a few words but actually fell in love with his teacher and also had sexual urges. Consequently, the experiment ended pronto but unfortunately the dolphin couldn’t cope and committed suicide.
7rrwx TIL Aerosmith's Steven Tyler got a family to assign their 14 yo daughter to his care. She got pregnant by him and had an abortion. He then gave her back to her parents when she was 17.