› added 2 weeks ago

11

TIL that, prior to his pivotal victory at Eddington, Alfred the Great was once forced to flee and hide in the marshlands in Somerset after a surprise attack.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Pbnn TIL Kurt Gödel died of starvation when his wife was hospitalized. Gödel suffered from extreme paranoia and refused to eat food prepared by anyone else.
gYnD TIL that spider silk is pound for pound stronger than steel, but not as strong as Kevlar.
Egn0d TIL: Family income is a large predictor of whether or not a student will graduate college
X0pXX TIL Wearing ties was introduced by the Croats but then adopted by the French
R5p9w TIL The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement exists