› added 11 years ago

390

TIL that the most expensive part of farming salmon is feeding them a coloring pellet that does nothing except turn them pink

Read more theatlantic.com

via reddit.com

8pPb TIL 11 of the 12 men who have walked on the moon were Boy Scouts.
rNaW4 TIL Jerry Lawler of WWE fame began a feud with comedian Andy Kaufman, wrestling him and slapping him on TV while Kaufman shouted profanities and threw coffee in his face. Later, as himself in Man on the Moon, he stated that his feud with Kaufman was staged and the two had actually been very close.
wojKJ TIL that "charm by bite" attributed to vampires exists in nature: male seepage salamanders bite females on the neck and inject pheromones into the wound, preparing them for mating
xVZ91 TIL that on the island of Melanesia, natives there reenact US military parades and made a fake runway with fake airplanes to pray for the return of a US soldier by the name of John Frum so that he could bring them cargo filled with industrial blessings such as medicine, guns, and canned goods.
o4BE TIL Daniel Day-Lewis hasn’t appear on stage since 1989 after he played Hamlet and claimed to see the ghost of his own father during the performance.