› added 4 years ago

82

TIL that the Prince hit “Purple Rain” was actually recorded in front of an audience at a charity event and that guitarist Wendy Melvoin was only 19 at the time and playing the song live for the very first time.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N7yQ8 TIL about Anti-Flirt Club (1920s) in Washington DC. "The purpose of the club was to protect young women and girls who received unwelcome attention from men in automobiles and on street corners."
9Y0LD TIL that before he died, FDR proposed a "Second Bill of Rights," which included the right to food, housing, clothing, education, medical care, and recreation. He considered this vital to American freedom and security.
w97J TIL: A developer was denied a permit to put a sex club next to a Christian School so, They decided to decided to make it a “Swinger’s Church” because of a loophole in the law.
nr4d TIL there is a tribe called the Sentinelese who live on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. For thousands of years they have refused all contact with the outside world. Using only stones and arrows, they have successfully repelled Arabs, Persians, Indians, Europeans, and a fucking helicopter.
DXVP TIL that dumping golf balls into the sea is outlawed because the plastic does not break down. A professor at the University of Maine used ground-up lobster shells and other materials to develop biodegradable golf balls. These balls are intended for use on cruise ships or driving ranges by the ocean.