› added 8 years ago

216

TIL that in 1913, Hitler, Freud, Tito, Stalin, and Trotsky all lived within 2 square miles of each other in Vienna

Read more bbc.com

via ift.tt

QN8de TIL it is estimated that there are are about twice as many horses as there are people on Easter Island (6,000 vs. 3,000)
78GP TIL that in Russia, to combat low birth rates, Lenin created “Conception Day,” a holiday where citizens didn’t have to go to work so they could try and make babies.
9wDQG TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's description of it in his improvised filibuster pitch for Star Wars: Episode VII on an episode of Parks & Rec.
ExPx TIL a 2005 supreme court decision declared that it is NOT the duty of any police force in the US to protect citizens, just enforce laws.
XEDYX TIL it is a tradition in the British Navy to sing "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" from Monty Pythons "Life of Brian" while in desperate straits