› added 10 years ago

287

TIL that Oxford University predates the Aztec Empire

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

n51P TIL it takes 1 gallon of water to produce 1 single almond, and drought-ridden California produces 80% of the world’s almonds.
PWKn TIL Nicolas Cage bought a “haunted house” in Louisiana where dozens of slaves were tortured and killed. He then lost it to foreclosure in 2009.
dDVY8 TIL that the Catcholic Church still excommunicates people, with the last excommunication being in 2020, when Jeremy Leatherby, a priest in Sacramento, refused to recognize the legitimacy of Pope Francis.
1aaeP TIL that M&Ms are the official candy of The White House.
rry TIL That from the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal for persons with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities to appear in public