› added 6 years ago

122

TIL while playing the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton suffered second-degree burns due to a pyrotechnics accident, so she refused to do any more "fireworks" scenes. Later her stunt double was on a flying broomstick, which exploded between her legs and left her permanently scarred.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QNyJX TIL that bee's don't like pink lady's slipper orchids bc their flowers are too tight and dry. The large folds of the petals squeeze and trap the bee's while offering no nectar after bee'ing tricked into getting covered in pollen for free.
wLokW TIL when most species of marine mammals are asleep, there is always one hemisphere of their brain that is awake. This allows dolphins, for example, to swim and surface to breathe when they are sleeping. They enjoy the benefits of sleep but still perform many of the same processes done when awake.
JYkPB TIL a woman in a wheelchair won a treadmill on the Price is Right. When someone tweeted "I laughed but then felt bad", she replied "Don't feel bad. I feel great. I've been popping wheelies all day."
WkwMd TIL Charlie Soong sent his three daughters to study in America because China was unsafe. One daughter married China's richest man, the other married China's first president and became Honorary President herself. The youngest was also China's First Lady but later moved to Taiwan and lived to 106
0M1j TIL That the popular shower sponge “Loofah” is made from a gourd called the Luffa. When it dries, the fruit becomes very fibrous, and it turns into the sponge we all love!