› added 12 years ago

96

TIL the show Reno 911 was mainly improv and had very little scripting.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

jaQN TIL that the word “Sioux” is not actually a word. It is a partial word from “Nadowessioux” which is an insult that means “little snakes.” The tribes associated with this nomenclature are actually the Dakota, the Lakota, and the Nakota.
N7Dv6 TIL that up to 1980 there were only 5 English medieval longbows known to still exist. In 1980, 137 longbows in excellent condition were recovered from the wreck of King Henry VIII's naval ship, the Mary Rose, which had capsized in the 1500s.
ADM0n TIL, that dolphins and whales don't drink sea water. They get water from the food they eat.
gMdDD TIL Pantone 448 C, the "world's ugliest color" according to research, is used by many European countries on their tobacco products to dissuade people from smoking.
9w1X TIL Coors Brewing Company provided its slogan “Turn it loose” to Spanish markets and later found that it translated as “Suffer from diarrhea.”