› added 10 years ago

69

TIL that the United States Pentagon is protected by a civilian force instead of a military force

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

woepY TIL that Ernest Hemingway in order to assure F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size, personally examined it in a bathroom and confirmed the genitalia to be of average proportions.
1ae77 TIL about Beevive, a keychain that contains sugar water that can help revive exhausted Bees!
d8P0K TIL, Jessica Watson was the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world all on her own, and she was even awarded the Order of Australia Medal for completing a southern hemisphere solo circumnavigation.
4X8bb TIL There is a tree so poisonous you should not even stand near it for any length of time
gMV5L TIL that a fake city of 30,000 was built in Tennessee during World War II as a front for a nuclear research facility