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While $1m USD in 1988 is worth only $2.6m in 2024, if they just put it in the S&P 500 back then and left it there, it’d be worth over $44.6m today....
The fish pepper (named for its common use in seafood dishes) is popular today, but it nearly disappeared altogether: that it still exists is thanks to William Woys Weaver, a Maryland author and ethnographer. In 1995, Weaver discovered a jar of seeds in the bottom of a freezer that belonged to his grandfather, H Ralph Weaver....
Just when I think they cant be any more absurd, the little fuckers surprise me again. Here’s some more interesting facts about the platypus:...
100 Years is apparently a short film. Rodriguez stated in a 2019 interview:...
The entire commercial is hilariously weird. I don’t think Heart primarily used coffee to keep themselves going when mixing their album....
Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
From the Wiki: According to former Death Row Records chief engineer Rick Clifford, George Lucas was eyeing Tupac to star in his return to the “Star Wars” saga. Lucas had asked Jackson to ask Shakur to audition but due to Shakur’s untimely death the role ultimately went to Samuel L. Jackson. The character’s bald...
The Nokia logo was also redesigned last year to represent a pivot away from making smartphones. Nokia acquired Bell Labs in 2016 as part of its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.
Parton wrote this song when she was about to leave her music mentor Porter Wagoner.
The following Christmas, machine gun barrages were deliberately timed to drown out any sound of carol singing to prevent spontaneous truces happening again.
Surprisingly, there is no law declaring English the official language of the UK....
I thought that the distinction existed only between Americans (astronauts) and Russians (cosmonauts), but no, Chinese also have their own term. I guess Indians should come up with their own, as well =)
An introduction to the rogue revolution...
See also: www.etymonline.com/word/squid
Most Toilet Paper, especially brands like Charmin from P&G, are cut from old-growth forest, which is way worse for our planet than losing new growth....
Seems wild that a now beloved phrase, started as a government slogan to get people to stop throwing trash on the road.
I was trying to figure out how many generations could theoretically exist at the same time, so I decided to first check Guinness. Hopefully I did all the math correctly.
Learned something new today while listening to a podcast about US politics.
