TIL AT&T only put the * and # buttons on the phone keypad because they had extra space, and they figured maybe someone someday will find some use for them. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL Black Sabbath’s debut album in 1970 began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL: After Bugs Bunny referred to Elmer Fudd as a “nimrod”, the word began being misinterpreted to mean a dimwitted person. In reality, he was referring to the mighty Biblical hunter of the same name. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL: Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate to more than 80%. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL jesters were asked to tell bad news to the king that no one else dared deliver. The best-known example was in 1340 after the French fleet was destroyed by the English. The French King’s jester told him the English sailors “don’t even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French”. | Category: Learned Source More