› added 3 years ago

82

TIL that the word ‘bomb’ refers to bees, because ancients used to throw beehives as an early sort of grenade

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

xVwM1 TIL About the Cardiff Tower. Hidden in plain sight in a largely Jewish community just south of Beverly Hills, exists a working oil derrick, disguised to look like a Synagogue.
X0wl8 TIL: Slaves were sometimes lottery prizes in the past. An example was when Bernard Moore, in quick need of cash, divided his estate into 124 prizes and sold 1840 lottery tickets. You could win a slave, 10 cows, a house, a forge, mill, or wagon. The slaves were the cheapest prizes.
XeGE TIL It is illegal to tickle a female in Virginia
dLbB TIL that during the civil rights movement, interracial adoptions tripled in number until the National Association of Black Social Workers condemned it, leading to interracial adoption of black children coming to a complete stop in the 1990’s.
d8Kg9 TIL 2 weeks after Prince's death, up to 700 people made claim to his $300M fortune