› added 7 years ago

106

TIL: Vidal Sassoon was a militant Anti-Fascist and once went into the salon he apprenticed at with a black eye from fighting with fascists the night before.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

WrbA TIL that Martin van Buren was the only United States president who spoke English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
OGZL1 TIL people with Down Syndrome are just as likely to have depression as people without Down Syndrome if not more likely
e0e7b TIL that reindeer are the only mammals that can see ultraviolet light. This means that they can easily tell the difference between white fur and snow because white fur has much higher contrast. It helps them discover predators early in snowy landscapes.
ZN5o TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service.
Lk7DV TIL President Calvin Coolidge owned, amongst many other pets, two lions given to him by the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau.