› added 13 years ago

105

TIL that the Coptic Christians who were recently attacked and continually persecuted are ironically the last guardians of the spoken ancient Egyptian language.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

l7eMa TIL that after William Shepherd became an astronaut, a rumor spread that during a NASA interview, the Navy SEAL answered a question on what he did best by saying "kill people with knives". Shepherd refused to confirm or deny, saying that "it's too good a story".
KORrG TIL there was a period in French history where the country actually was represented by a plain white flag.
BrQLk TIL Czar Nicholas II actually wanted to meet with protesters and negotiate solutions, but his ministers rejected that idea and sent in soldiers to shoot at the protesters, triggering the 1905 revolution.
vPO8K TIL there is an almost shot for shot Turkish adaption of the TV series House MD, called Hekimoglu.
oBJDR TIL the Latin choral part in the Mr. Bean theme song is "Ecce homo qui est faba", which translates to "Behold the man who is a bean"