› added 4 weeks ago

5

TIL Skrillex has won nine Grammy Awards, the most of any electronic dance music act.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rydx TIL about men's sheds. Rather than working alone in the garden shed, these are specific places where men (and also women) can go and work on general craft projects like woodwork, electronics, etc in a social setting.
jNxgM TIL That the first Boeing 747 to fly a commercial route was also the first to be hijacked, 9 months after it flew its maiden commercial flight. 7 years later, it was also one of the planes destroyed in the Tenerife Airport Disaster.
ybpM TIL that during a pledge drive, a DJ at a Portland, OR radio station promised that the station would never play “Stairway to Heaven” again if someone made a $10,000 donation. Robert Plant was driving on the Oregon coast, heard the offer, and made the donation
b9Z6a TIL that bubble wrap was Invented in 1957 as a 3D Wallpaper That Failed to Sell
LQom0 TIL The natural oils in unfiltered coffee from a French press or Moka pot might increase "bad" cholesterol