› added 9 years ago

420

TIL Spain has invited Jews descended from those expelled after the Inquisition to return, settle, and become citizens.

Read more npr.org

via reddit.com

5YbVn TIL that despite stealing $2.2 million dollars and being a convicted felon for being a perpetrator of the largest public school embezzlement in American history, Frank Tassone receives a pension of $173,495 a year for life because New York State does not bar felons from collecting pensions.
4kgd6 TIL that Oak trees can hybridize naturally.
nQ1P TIL In 1985 Disney released Return to OZ a sequel to The Wizard of OZ. While being more true to the original novels,it was considered not friendly for children in the beginning of the movie Dorothy is receiving electroshock therapy, one reviewer said “It’s bleak, creepy, and occasionally terrifying”
gwdX TIL Elijah Wood is the voice actor of Spyro
MAB TIL by 25 BC, ancient Romans developed a recipe for concrete specifically used for underwater work which is essentially the same formula used today.