Home
Random
Trending
Today
49
posts added
Search
› added
7 years ago
76
TIL there is a place called 'Canada' in Kentucky.
Read more
wikipedia.org
via
reddit.com
p8KDO
TIL Jonah Hill has used more swear words throughout his films than anyone else, ahead of even Samuel L Jackson. Leonardo DiCaprio's role as the protagonist in "The Wolf of Wall Street" is the most profane character ever and the film itself is the most profane all time with over 700 offensive words.
xVp6b
TIL Phineas Gage, (1823–1860) an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe.
xVjk5
TIL NASA seriously considered an all-mechanical rover to explore Venus. Powered by wind and controlled using clockwork and mechanical computers, it would communicate with Earth using reflectors or phonograph records launched on balloons
OJWa
TIL many Nordic Europeans have an Allele called CCR5 Δ32, which makes them immune to HIV/AIDS
oBg97
TIL That the Roman Emperor Nero, in his last moments, paced around saying "What an artist the world is losing" over and over again and was so petrified of dying, that he asked one of his companion to set an example by killing himself first.