› added 6 years ago

92

TIL that the 1995 comedy “Clueless” staring Alicia Silverstone is a retelling of Jane Austin’s novel “Emma” which was published in 1815.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ADAM4 TIL of of Thomas Granger, one of the first people executed in the colonies, a Pilgrim teenager. He was hung for having sex with many animals including sheep "too numerous to count". And one turkey.
M74KB TIL in order to see the new Star Wars trailer the phantom menace, many Star Wars fans bought tickets to the movie meet Joe black only to then walk out of the movie after watching the trailer
MePlA TIL There is a tiny residential street in UK famous for its name: "Butt Hole Road"
BLXx TIL that Denmark had animal brothels and that sex with animals was legal right up until last year
oBb6r TIL the first reported successful blood transfusions were performed by the Incas as early as the 1500s. Spanish conquistadors witnessed blood transfusions when they arrived in the sixteenth century