› added 11 years ago

60

TIL that there was a breed of dog called the Turnspit Dog or Kitchen Dog that was bred specifically to run on a wheel that turned the spit that cooked meat over open flame. It is now extinct.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

epPB5 TIL that Al Capone wasn’t charged for murder, theft, or illicit drugs…he was convicted for unpaid taxes that amounted to $215,000
XOGR TIL “Mind your P’s and Q’s” actually meant keep in mind the amount of Pints and Quarts you had been drinking.
KO1W9 TIL: The Hula burger. In 1962, Ray Kroc added a grilled piece of pineapple with a slice of cheese in a bun as a meatless option for Catholics on Lent. Needless to say, it didn’t last very long
Pr8G TIL for a Make A Wish request, Journey visited a boy suffering from cystic fibrosis. They let him be the first person outside of the band hear the song, Only the Young. The next day the boy died.
neeab TIL Early versions of the Jimmy Croce 1973 smash hit, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" included the line, "meaner than a concentration camp dog," but Croce decided that it was unpleasant to the ear and it was also offensive to Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals.