› added 2 years ago

111

TIL The White House was officially named such by Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. Before then, it was called "the Executive Mansion."

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

Kex4 TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.
yQp6J TIL There are two bars in Swizterland whose interior is themed along the Alien movies and modelled by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger
M47W TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module is 100% intact and orbiting the sun.
D1pJY TIL that for Elton Johns wedding, Eminem gave him 2 diamond-encrusted cock rings on a velvet cushion.
OoRge TIL that famed Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky proposed marriage to his wife through a novel outline, then they went on a four-year honeymoon