› added 8 years ago

211

TIL that an encyclopedia company gave away tracts of wasteland to buyers of their whole set. This backfired when the lots at Huntington Beach were found to contain large oil reserves.

Read more orangecountytribune.com

via ift.tt

4A7N TIL that immediately after the founding of Israel on May 14, 1948, before their defense force was even founded, five Arab nations (Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan) declared war on it
yQLlV TIL Howie Mandel voices the character Gizmo in the 1984 film, Gremlins, and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch
B7JK TIL that Russians almost surely didn’t put frogs in their milk to preserve it.
Z8jwD TIL the key to American victory in the Revolutionary War was the 75-ton “Great Chain” that stretched across the Hudson River to prevent the British from moving inland. It was such an obstacle, they paid Benedict Arnold £20,000 for the plans to the Chain’s main defenses, at Fort West Point
W7GJ8 TIL that 'The Most Dangerous Animal in the World' was a 1963 exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. It featured a mirror and text describing the dangers humans pose to life on earth.