› added 5 years ago

112

TIL Ancient Romans flooded the Colosseum for mock naval battles.

Read more geekswipe.net

via reddit.com

XEYD8 TIL According to the Catholic church everyone who believes in God will be saved during the Armageddon regardless of their opinion on Jesus, this includes Muslims, Jews and Christian schisms.
b6JJp TIL There are filial laws in the USA (state by state) that require adult children to support sick or indigent parents
OoXyL TIL Jean-Paul Sartre won the Nobel Prize in Literature but rejected the award and prize money because he thought it would compromise his independent thinking.
wLM4o TIL that Vikings traveled with their cats and gave cats as wedding gifts
ZZjD TIL that the book keeper at the 1st franchised Mcdonald’s worked for free for the first 9 months and little pay after that, and was given 10% of the company. 10 years later she cashed in part of her holdings for $300,000 (worth 1.7 mil today) and kept the rest worth 5 mil (28 mil today).