› added 9 years ago

52

TIL “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” is not a quote from Voltaire. It comes from Kevin Alfred Strom, a white supremacist and convicted pedophile.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Z8dkp TIL That when Benito Mussolini lost control of Italy, he was actually overthrown by his own fascist government.
BrMGk TIL: For every human killed by a shark, humans kill approximately two million sharks.
yVLav TIL that the movie Dodgeball inserted a joke of a fictional sports channel called "ESPN 8: The Ocho" which aired obscure sports. In 2017, ESPN launched a real "ESPN 8: the Ocho" as a program block that usually airs in August every year.
D1X7e TIL that Townes Van Zandt's 1971 song "Delta Mama Blues" is an ode to Robitussin DM cough syrup aka lean
ANgx7 TIL the broken bottle scam originated in the Qing Dynasty and was originally used with fake porcelain