› added 2 years ago

279

TIL a woman can become pregnant with a cancer rather than an embryo.

Read more hopkinsmedicine.org

via reddit.com

M7jlA TIL: James Carter received a $20,000 royalty check for a song in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" that he had sung 40 years earlier but didn't remember.
7rDOO TIL Sir Henry Irving was the first actor to receive a knighthood — also, his larger-than-life attitude was so frightening his assistant, Bram Stoker, based the character Count Dracula on him
KYmaa TIL about the Scoppio Del Carro in Florence, Italy. This 300 year old Easter celebration shoots a flaming mechanical bird into a cart full of fireworks. A successful explosion means good luck in the future!
J1mXk TIL that Thomas Dolby ideated & storyboarded the music video for his 80s hit “She Blinded Me With Science” BEFORE he wrote the song; after writing the song to fit his storyboards, he subsequently directed its music video.
wL5W1 TIL a casket is rectangular and a coffin is hexagonal. The tapered ends of a coffin saves a bit of cost because it uses less material to make.