› added 5 months ago

36

TIL that Christopher Plummer was a great-grandson of 3rd Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott

Read more geneastar.org

via reddit.com

ANDRd TIL: "Guerilla Ontology" is a term coined by Robert Anton Wilson. Its purpose is to expose a dogmatic individual to radically unique ideas, thoughts and words. As a consequence, that person will experience cognitive dissonance and have their beliefs about reality challenged.
dvZZ TIL: Gobekli Tepe archaeological site is older than Pyramids, and even older than Stonehenge, writing, agriculture, discovery of wheel. Also oldest religious place ever discovered.
JYDy1 TIL J.R.R.Tolkien had a peculiar sense of humor. Along with his friend C.S. Lewis, he once dressed as a polar bear for a non-costume party and would chase neighbors away dressed as an Anglo-Saxon warrior.
axgA TIL 46% of the top 50 publicly traded firms in the UK have a British parliamentarian either as a director or a shareholder. That is more than in any other country, including Italy.
VKBG TIL Feminist actually help change the definition of rape to include men being victims of rape.