Kurma-the-Turtle
TIL that due to a restaurant offering free sushi to anyone with Chinese characters for salmon in their name, hundreds of Taiwanese changed their names in a situation that was dubbed "salmon chaos". Some are now stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon.
theguardian.comSubmitted by Kurma-the-Turtle t3_1102172 in todayilearned
TIL that Gresham College, an institution of higher learning in London, does not enroll students or award degrees, and instead hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all lectures have been made available online.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Kurma-the-Turtle t3_z6syg5 in todayilearned