TIL that after the Norman conquest, English nobility adopted the title Countess, but rejected "Count" in favor of keeping the term "Earl" because Count sounded too much like "cunt." October 09, 2019 Read more Share Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Labels TIL Share Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments
sad face. - admiration [trip-hop/electronica] (2018) smegryan December 28, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZLFEVbKiG4 Read more
TIL a local folk remedy in Boho, Ireland was to place soil from the local church under a pillow while you slept to cure infections. In 2018 a microbiologist found the churchyard's soil contains a previously unknown strain of streptomyces which can be used to create antibiotics May 21, 2020 Read more Read more
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