› added 2 years ago

386

TIL the only US Presidents who are alive are those born in hospitals; all who were not have passed away.

Read more krcgtv.com

via reddit.com

D1aGJ TIL in the 1950s and 60s Canada spent ‘thousands and thousands’ making a ‘gaydar’ to detect homosexual government employees
5Y4rn TIL that the world's brightest cities are in northern latitudes, where the sun shines less, or in arid countries, where hot daytime sun inspires more evening activity. The current top 10: St. Petersburg, Mecca, Chelyabinsk, Kuwait City, Calgary, Edmonton, Kazan, Medina, Helsinki, Tangier
GYZdQ TIL Tsar Nicholas II kissed thousands of soldiers during his reign. It was an Easter tradition for him to personally kiss each one of the thousands of soldiers of his Cossack bodyguard on the cheek. This took two to four days.
yVnRa TIL that Italian-born skier Alessia Afi Dipol had only been to Togo once before representing the African country at its first Winter Olympics in 2014. She became a citizen just before the games started and later said she chose to represent Togo because her father owns a clothing factory there.
4kobX TIL the wildlife painter John James Audubon ate all of the birds he painted, including bald eagles, snowy owls, sparrows, robins, and whooping cranes