› added 11 years ago

69

TIL Tim and Eric directed the Old Spice commercials starring Terry Crews

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

01XL TIL hedgehogs do not technically have quills and are NOT related to porcupines, rather Shrews.
888G TIL that Ulysses Grant was extremely tone-deaf. “I know only two tunes. One of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’ and the other isn’t.”
wv9Y TIL the Ancient Babylonians took their beer so seriously, if a brewer was found to be watering down his beer, he’d either be drowned in the barrel or forced to keep drinking it till he died
O0EY TIL that only apes, elephants, and some dolphins, whales, and birds can pass the mirror self-awareness test
Y7BrW TIL about the “Crypt of Civilization”, a 2000-Cubic-Foot time capsule, sealed in 1940. It is set to be opened 6,173 years from its sealing, in the year 8113.