VB9Xm TIL Denny’s Named the Grand Slam Breakfast in Honor of MLB Player Hank Aaron
X0ReP TIL. The Spanish conquest of Honduras was one of the most chaotic on the entire continent. By 1524, there were 4 Spaniards claiming dominion over the area on their own behalf, plus a Spanish court tribunal (making 5 in total), which triggered internal conflicts and until a war between of them.
OGmB4 TIL In 1936, Japanese Prime Minister Keisuke Okada was nearly assassinated in an attempted coup. The assassins stormed his residence and killed a man they identified as Okada by comparing the dead man’s face to a picture of their intended target. The dead man was actually Okada’s brother-in-law.
69OX8 TIL Hawaii wasn't a state during WWII
woQVP TIL That a British experiment in 2007 made lab mice see red (trichromatic vision)
R5Qb4 TIL the United States fought two wars in the 19th century in part to stop the enslavement of American Sailors
W7WyN TIL There was an attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne outside Buckingham Palace where her protection officer was shot
9wepM TIL that less than 30% of NYC subway stations are ADA compliant.
nW1lo TIL that Mencius, a Chinese philosopher born before Xunzi, argued that human nature has an innate tendency towards goodness, and that bad rulers and bad environments can stifle this tendency, while good education cultivates it
4kw4g TIL about 18th century japan puppy artwork (so cute….💔)
x6xX5 TIL of Starlight Tours in the 1990s and early 2000, where an Indigenous person, frequently Indigenous men, is picked up at night and abandoned outside of the city limits in subzero temperatures.
5V6n9 TIL frequent use of antimicrobial mouthwash is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure because it destroys beneficial oral bacteria that produce nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels