› added 8 years ago

466

TIL that the US Government Gave Indiana University One Million Dollars to Study Memes

Read more themarysue.com

via ift.tt

4LJ5 TIL that after filming the freeway scenes for The Matrix: Reloaded, the film makers, instead of disposing of the set, chose to donate it, in pieces, to charity in Mexico to be turned into low-cost housing.
kJpRE TIL the Founding Fathers of the USA advocated for a monarch-like system for the newly formed nation right after defeating Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
M7JRV TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.
k5xB TIL that overall TV viewership declined by 50% since 2002
j6M6M TIL the falling out between Rudolf and Adi Dassler which led to the creation of Adidas and Puma, took place during a 1943 Allied bombing attack when Adi said "here are the bloody bastards again" referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced Adi meant him and his family