› added 10 years ago

179

TIL that the dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park were made from recordings of tortoises having sex.

Read more digitalspy.com

via reddit.com

yQR9a TIL The use of barber's pole dates back to the middle ages. The barbers used to perform surgery on customers, therefore the colored stripes indicated that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue).
e0V7D Today I learned that most condoms are not vegan.
4XP55 TIL that Paul Simon listed "Fakin' It" as being 2:74 because radio stations wouldn't play anything listed at over 3 minutes long
BgWKr TIL in 1790, George Washington checked out (and never returned) two books from the New York Society Library, one of which was finally replaced, in 2010, by representatives of his estate at Mount Vernon
kO7Wd TIL Lindsay Lohan Filed a case against GTA 5 makers that a Character was based on her , so the judges threw the case out saying Lacy Jonas 's'indistinct, satirical representations of the style, look, and persona of a modern, beach-going young woman that are not reasonably identifiable as plaintiff.”