TIL that the Nintendo character Kirby was named after John Kirby, the legal counsel for Nintendo who helped them win their lawsuit with Universal Studios in 1982. John Kirby was gifted a sailboat Christened the “Donkey Kong” and given exclusive rights to name any boat he owned “Donkey Kong.” | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that early humans hunted animals by chasing them to exhaustion. “Persistence hunting” takes advantage of humans’ two legs and ability to sweat, which makes us stronger distance runners than prey. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that Peter Weller, the actor most famous for playing Robo Cop earned PhD in Art History, writing a dissertation on the Italian Renaissance in 2014 | Category: Learned Source More
TIL roman emperor Diocletian retired in 305 AD to grow cabbages and tend to his vegetable gardens. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” enough for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the United States Library of Congress in 2016, the first metal recording to do so. | Category: Learned Source More