› added 5 months ago

19

TIL There have been 3 black popes prior to Pius XIV

Read more penglobalinc.com

via reddit.com

R7loa TIL: Martin Couney set up infant incubator shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City and World's Fairs, charging 25c to view premature babies. He offered free care for 'weakling babies', proving the success of incubators. He saved over 6,500 babies from ~1900-43.
1amL4 TIL the voice of the Flying Dutchman from Spongebob Squarepants is Bill Murray's brother
y80w TIL Putin wrote an oped for NYT in 1999 selling Intervention + Targeted Strikes on Chechnya
5Y5nD TIL Vin Diesel wrote and directed a short film about auditioning for different roles in movies that chides the film industry for perpetuating racial and ethnic stereotypes. This propelled him into his Hollywood career.
r16e TIL That there is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments, and will be fined $1,000,000 for a nuclear explosion.