› added 12 years ago

258

TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.

Read more blogs.archives.gov

via reddit.com

Bg8VD Til about William of Occam, a priest in 14th century known for Occam's razor, accused the Pope of heresy while himself being accused of heresy for his teachings. William ended up under protection of the Holy Roman Emperor, who was crowning a rival Pope.
GY1o7 TIL the crowd noise heard in Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” was added in post-production. The inmates were actually quiet during the song, fearing reprisal from the guards
RjZa TIL in 2011 Japan had 442 total homicides. In 2014, on average, there were 490 suicides per week. It is one of the most disproportionate homicide to suicide rates in the world.
4Xr6g TIL that there are almost 50 types of programming languages.
07ev TIL that Brazzers’s founder is an Arab, and that the name Brazzers itself is derived from how an Arab would pronounce “Brothers.”