› added 11 years ago

287

TIL The English vocabulary makes it very difficult to describe smells - we can only describe odors by comparing the smell to other things

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

yQBew TIL, that one of the greatest composers in the world, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, was homosexual and that the Soviet and Russian government have hidden his letters that were telling about his sexual desiers until 1995 from the public. More but not all letters were published in later in 2009.
5V81B TIL that plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 25 August 2010, was caused by a smuggled crocodile becoming loose. The resulting panic caused a shift in the centre of gravity leading to loss of control. Only 1 passenger and the crocodile survived
emRD TIL that “yellow journalism” within the newspaper company of William Randolph Hearst is responsible for misleading information regarding Marijuana, resulting in it being made illegal to protect his interests in the timber industry.
KR9Q TIL of Dan and Fran Keller, an innocent couple recently released from prison after 20 years, who were convicted, by pseudo psychotherapists and Christians, of abusing and dismembering children in Satanic Rituals
9YgxG TIL that Robert Rodriguez's sons are named Racer,Rebel and Rocket