› added 12 years ago

104

TIL that nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain’s BMJ medical journal

Read more parentherald.com

via reddit.com

VMPY4 TIL over 8,000 pieces of music were secretly created in Nazi concentration camps; including symphonies, operas, and songs scribbled on everything from food wrappings to potato sacks. One prisoner composed an entire symphony on toilet paper using the charcoal given to him as dysentery medicine.
mdpx TIL that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers and preferred smoking the flower of the plant to using tobacco or alcohol
vPbnR TIL Laverie Vallee (née Cooper; July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman. One of her risqué trapeze acts was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison.
yVgMp TIL that nearly 2 out of every 3 revolvers sold in the US are made by a Brazilian company. Taurus, based in Brazil, dominates the American revolver market with a staggering 61% share
QNZak TIL Coal baron James Dunsmuir envisioned a medieval castle for his retirement and built Hatley Castle. It was like a small city on Vancouver Island with over 100 residents and servants in 1911. None of his children could afford the $1,500 monthly upkeep so it was sold at $260,000