› added 12 years ago

86

TIL the story of Catalina de Frauso, a Basque Nun who escaped her nunnery at the age of 15 in 1599 and became a cross dressing Spanish soldier who traveled the New World. She even coincidentally killed her brother in a duel and flirted with other women.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

grjvD TIL that Grover Cleveland, while unmarried, fathered a child out of wedlock with a woman named Maria Halpin. He initially denied paternity but later admitted to financial support. His opponents even used the chant: “Ma, ma, where’s my pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!”
1VYD TIL before it was burnt down in 48 BC by Julius Caeser, the Library of Alexandria is thought to have had a working steam engine.
o9oW TIL while in college Deion Sanders played in the first game of a double header in baseball, ran a leg on his track teams 4x100 meter relay, and then came back and played the second game of his double header all in the same day. He is also the only person to play in the super bowl and world series.
5Y0rQ TIL that the Red Cross charges hospitals about $150 for each pint of blood.
BgN6b TIL that Aaliyah released her first LP at 15, titled "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" ...written and produced by R. Kelly