› added 7 years ago

98

TIL that China had a civil war at the same time as the American Civil War, resulting in 30 million dead

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

k6AB TIL that Pinball was removed from Windows Vista, because the original code was written by an outside company and Microsoft couldn’t find the collision detector in the code!
rmRo TIL Carlos Mencia is not Mexican, and his first name is Ned.
yVjZJ TIL the original Uncle Fester was played by the first child actor, Jackie Coogan, from Charles Chaplin's 'The Kid '
bXOE TIL China allows its state-owned tobacco company to sponsor elementary schools. In exchange, the company gets to subject children to pro-tobacco messages intended to cultivate young smokers.
QNv7e TIL that an Ethiopian athlete, unable to find a suitable pair of shoes, ran the marathon barefoot at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, won the race, and set a new world record.