› added 6 years ago

148

TIL that Sweden experimented with a Moose cavalry in the 1700s

Read more stockholm.headsaflamemedia.com

via reddit.com

EgGLW TIL that two different women (Marguerite Georges and Giuseppina Grassini) had sexual affairs first with Napoleon and later with the Duke of Wellington. Georges even expressed her preference for Wellington: "The Duke was by far the strongest"
ly9B TIL In the 1830s Americans drank an average of 7.1 gallons of pure alcohol per year. Early Americans took a healthful dram for breakfast, whiskey was a typical lunchtime tipple, ale accompanied supper and the day ended with a nightcap.
dDRbd TIL car speedometers often become "frozen" following a heavy accident. The last reading can indicate the speed at impact, but is usually incorrect. This is not a feature - speedometers were not designed to jam after an accident.
WkdOY TIL: These Birds Trick Others Into Raising Their Gigantic Kids
AND64 TIL about bi-paternal twins in which a woman becomes impregnated by two different men, resulting in fraternal half-siblings