› added 1 year ago

109

TIL that movie star and European karate champion black belt Dolph Lundgren, who earned a Masters in Chemical Engineering and received a scholarship from MIT, is also an abuse survivor.

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

E1L4x TIL about Tulpamancy, a Tibetan Buddhist practice where an imaginary companion, or "Tulpa", is created through intense meditation. The practice is often compared with Dissociative Identity Disorder, since the imaginary companion created is viewed to be independent and separate from the individual.
OG0D4 Today I learned that a man made hole is deeper than the mariana trench.
1eZ7 TIL The when the city of Austin Texas asked people online to rename their Solid Waste Services Department, the winner was “The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts”.
1bXO TIL that after the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction, you see Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace holding a trophy. It’s assumed they won the contest, but later in the film, a barely audible advert states the trophy had, in fact been stolen.
8aERZ TIL the Soviet Union held elections seeking the appearance of democracy, but only one candidate appeared on the ballot. In 1949, Ivan Burylov, protested this absurd ritual by writing the word ‘Comedy’ on his secret ballot. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison camps for his 'crime’.