› added 6 years ago

664

TIL that after Camilla Parker Bowles married Prince Charles, the Queen changed the rules of protocol so that her children and grandchildren don't have to bow/curtsy to Camilla if Charles is not present

Read more womansworld.com

via reddit.com

WQ5B TIL Piers Morgan forged evidence on the Iraqi torture scandal, which he never apologized for, and ended up getting fired from the Mirror which led him to join CNN
b98ap TIL that lemons contain more sugar than strawberries. On average, a lemon contains 70% of sugar while a strawberry contains only 40% of sugar. The citric acid (3-6%) dominate the saccharine levels in lemons, resulting in the sour taste and tanginess.
l8lB TIL that the Norwegian army has knighted a penguin
JYZ54 TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to attend his son John's graduation from West Point, but was unable to do so because he was "a bit too busy with work." On graduation day - June 6, 1944 - the elder Eisenhower was overseeing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
5gD9 TIL the astrophysicist who first proposed what is now know as the “Big Bang” theory, was the Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître.