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TIL that the singular form of “spaghetti” is “spaghetto”
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TIL that Sir David Attenborough, as controller of BBC Two, commissioned Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
aj60
TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie were gay, Sesame st CEO Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
Lmov
TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.
PMrE
TIL that Chinese people wanting to display their wealth drink expensive red wines..mixed with Coca-Cola and Sprite to make it taste more palatable.
oRew7
TIL a skeuomorph is a design that uses an older, familiar design in something new, like the floppy disc “save” icon or candle-shaped lightbulbs