› added 1 year ago

43

TIL the hats worn by American new wave band Devo were influenced by the German Bauhaus movement, geometric fashion, and Aztec temples. The band members especially liked that, "we kind of looked like Lego toys."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

A9Po TIL The United States hasn’t had a period of peace since WWII
nW6dY TIL that the US Army is exempt from OSHA, but implements its own standard called the "Army Safety Program" which in many cases provides more protections for workers than OSHA does.
oRYpr TIL that the rarest mineral on Earth is kyawthuite, with only one known specimen found in Myanmar.
AyV7 TIL frequent Comedy Central Roast guest and standup comedian Greg Giraldo was planning on being a lawyer before becoming a standup comedian and even got a law degree from Harvard Law in 1990.
v1Vo7 TIL that any Canadian citizen, who has lived in the Yukon for at least one year, can get free land from the government, provided they are willing to farm it.