› added 4 years ago

48

TIL The 'Ides of March' is on 15 March. The Romans did not count days of the month from first to last. They counted backwards from three fixed points (Nones, Ides and Kalends).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

E5lp TIL The town of Dalhart, Texas is closer to 6 other state capitals than it is to Texas’s state capital.
QJOn6 TIL In 1946 a group of American benefactors purchased an original manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and donated it to the British Museum as a token of gratitude for Britain's stand against Hitler in WW2.
VMe6D TIL that the thinking--i.e. non-physical activity--involved in mentally rigorous activities such as chess can require so much of the body's energy that individuals can burn hundreds of calories per hour engaging in them.
Y71gZ TIL The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more.
4k8XJ TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993