› added 11 years ago

205

TIL Peanut butter in Dutch is called “Peanut cheese” because the word butter is only supposed to be used with products that contain actual butter.

Read more wikiwand.com

via reddit.com

Br4nx TIL about the Prussian Scheme which was a rumored attempt in 1786 to establish a monarchy in the U.S. ruled by Prince Henry of Prussia.
m1d6E TIL that pope Alexander VI liked to watch horses copulate. Which would make him “laugh fit to bust.
EXM0 TIL that Eris, discovered in 2005, is more massive than Pluto and would have qualified as the tenth planet in the solar system, until its discovery prompted the International Astronomical Union to formally define ‘planet’ with a size cutoff that also excluded Pluto
XENKD TIL Dean Martin's famous nickname "Dino" isn't actually just a nickname. It was the real given name he was born with.
k4ge TIL Mary J. Blige hit her own husband in the face and screamed, “What are you gonna do, Chris Brown me?”