› added 3 months ago

7

TIL that ancient Greek and Roman historians wrote about a species of headless humans with faces in their chest who supposedly populated Libya and Aethopia

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

epvo5 TIL Arizona tea never changed it's price since 1992
6AoJ TIL that when he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
YpByB TIL George Washington was a redhead.
e0AxL TIL that "Banana Republic" was coined as a political term referring to a country(s) (Honduras and neighbors) that were exploited by a corporation (United Fruit Co.) for specific exports (yes, bananas). It is typically ruled by plutocracy and has a large poor working class that is also exploited.
8XEa TIL Danny Trejo is 70 years old.