› added 8 years ago

140

TIL of the LeMat 9-shot revolver produced between 1856 and 1865 which can also shoot a central buckshot cartridge by flipping a lever connected to the firing hammer. A version of this weapon can be seen sported by Ed Harris’ character in the new HBO Westworld series.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

0dX8y TIL that Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice actor who did Tony The Tiger and sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and Peanuts's "No Dogs Allowed", also recorded a cover of Kermit the Frog's theme song, "(It's Not Easy) Bein' Green".
8mn8 TIL: The children’s book series, “The Magic Treehouse” was adapted into an anime film in 2011
mxp6M TIL Supreme Court Justice Bryon White was also an All-Pro running back in the NFL, and led the NFL in rushing twice.
E1elo TIL the Azul wallpaper from Windows XP was taken in Aitutaki, Cook Islands in 1991
R7e5a TIL that vanilla Ice cream was not the first ice cream flavour invented. It would have been a fruit flavour!