› added 7 years ago

309

TIL the phrase "Don't Mess with Texas" is actually the slogan of a no-littering campaign

Read more dontmesswithtexas.org

via reddit.com

x6LZ5 TIL that Canada has about twice as many Costcos versus the US on a per capita basis.
rBQW TIL Dum Dum “mystery flavors” are created when the end of one batch meets the beginning of the next batch.
NlNQ TIL mad after being woken from having a fly swat on him, Woo Bum-kon began a massive killing spree. Woo went village to village shooting/grenading people (outside and in their houses) & took 3 hostages. At one point he killed a family of 12 after being invited for dinner. 56 killed & 35 injured.
VBd9D TIL Henrietta Wood who was enslaved in the American South until her owner, Jane Cirode, took her to Ohio in 1844. After being re-enslaved in 1853, Wood successfully sued her captor, Zebulon Ward, in 1869 and was awarded $2,500 – the largest slavery restitution in U. S. history.
nlyW TIL That it is possible to make $45,000 a year by turning in discarded race wagers.