› added 5 years ago

77

TIL "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" by Van Halen was a response to Kurt Cobain's suicide. It also was a source of frustration between Eddie and Sammy as the lyrics were more hopeful but Ed wanted something with more attitude.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

WG1X TIL Game designer Will Wright was inspired to create a “virtual doll house” after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991 and subsequently rebuilding his life. Replacing his home and his other possessions made him think about adapting that life experience into a game, called ‘The Sims’.
p8o7O TIL 20,000 pounds of cheddar was stolen from a Wisconsin semitrailer in 2016. The perpetrators are suspected to be part of a crime "ring," and as of 2017, have yet to be caught.
XAmk TIL for learning the mohawk language and documenting it in the field of lingustics, Alexander Graham Bell was given the title of “honorary chief”.
yVkve TIL about the Amiriyah shelter bombing an aerial bombing attack that killed between 400-1,500 civilians by the U.S. Air Force
NWWb TIL Moles have worm “larders” where they keep up to 1000 worms. Their saliva paralyses the worms and they store their still-living prey for later consumption.