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 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 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 Queen Elizabeth II is the only living head of state to have served in World War II | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that the Mask of Warka, the oldest discovered accurate depiction of a human face (3100 BC), disappeared from the National Museum of Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. A US military mission to recover lost artifacts found the mask, undamaged, buried in a farmer’s backyard. | Category: Learned Source More
