› added 1 year ago

47

TIL about Claudette Colvin. Sheis an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

grPD8 TIL that, during the Persian Gulf War, Topps made a trading card set depicting people and equipment on both sides of the conflict
6EkJ8 TIL that Bruce Lee was notorious for "kicking the shit out of stuntmen" during fight scenes on the show The Green Hornet and would sometimes jump-kick people on the set. In one instance he dislocated someone's jaw.
MeZXa TIL that Congress unanimously congratulated the St Louis Cardinals on their 2006 World Series victory
O8p1 TIL that in 2003, American soldiers in Iraq vandalized the 6,000 year old Sumerian city of Ur by spraypainting “Semper Fe” on its walls. No response was made by the US government to the allegations.
JYy98 TIL insufficient sleep has an impact on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, & weight gain. Increased food intake during insufficient sleep is a physiological adaptation to provide energy needed to sustain additional wakefulness;