› added 12 years ago

172

TIL the Bedlam asylum was one of most popular tourist attractions of 18th century London. Visitors paid a penny to watch suffering inmates. Entry was free on Tuesdays.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QJDad TIL when Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain to parody 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' that Kurt asked him if it would be about food, and Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that extremely funny, and said absolutely.
R7vd4 TIL that North Korea beat Italy at the 1966 World Cup 1-0 and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament but was eventually beaten by Portugal despite a strong showing
ANLMo TIL that 1kg of uranium-235 used in nuclear fission creates the same energy as 2.7 million kg of coal
69gb8 TIL the second tallest building in the world is in Malaysia - Merdeka 118 (679m / 2227ft)
AWaw TIL Japan was forced to adopt seperate rail/subway cars for women, in an attempt to protect them from constant sexual harassment.