› added 4 years ago

676

TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci wasn’t heterosexual.

Read more cbc.ca

via reddit.com

Lk7OP TIL There is a tribe in Vanuatu that worships Prince Phillip as a divine being. They believe that he is the son of an ancient mountain spirit that travelled over seas to marry a powerful woman and will in time return to them.
16y8d TIL a 1980 Swedish rockabilly song about a leaking reactor in a nuclear power plant has become a popular song in Mexico, where it is known as "Himno a la banda"
awo70 TIL that Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and, even briefly, Burt Reynolds were all considered for the role of R.P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" before the part was given to Jack Nicholson.
QJ7Ae TIL that human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count.
O1xe TIL Ancient Babylonians had a sophisticated understanding of astronomy and were even able to track planets such as Jupiter with mathematical precision.