› added 12 years ago

104

TIL The Hairy Frog breaks it own bones to make claws.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

aavZ TIL that Smash Mouth has had issues distinguishing themselves away from Shrek, leading to the band correcting countless people on Twitter.
N7eJ8 TIL the earliest known recording of a human voice was made in 1860 by dragging a stylus over soot-colored paper. The recording was made for visual purposes only and was not played back until 2008.
l75V7 TIL the "blue raspberry" flavor is actually just a artificial raspberry flavoring. The widespread practice of coloring it blue is attributed to the ICEE brand, which wanted its signature flavors, including red cherry, to match its logo.
7rr4b It's the difference between a grainy black-and-white film and HD.
8am9a TIL Historically, Native American communities conducted a salmon ceremony where they showed respect to the first caught salmon by sharing it with everyone in the community, cleaning its skeleton and returning it to the river where it could return to its kin and tell of the respect it received.