› added 4 years ago

209

TIL a recent meme supposedly showing a soldier carrying a donkey through a minefield in World War II was actually taken in 1958 and has nothing to do with minefields.

Read more snopes.com

via reddit.com

KOKGw TIL Jerry Seinfeld was 38 when he started dating Shoshanna, then a 17 year old high schooler whom he met in a park
WLKB TIL that sign language users have “accents”, and can often tell the region another user comes from through them, just like spoken language.
p8D5Z TIL the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was 56.7°C in Death Valley, CA, in 1913
9Y9kB TIL that "Shaun of the Dead" was considering the title "From Dusk Till Shaun." And that "Into the Spider-Verse" has a "From Dusk Till Shaun" movie poster in the background- suggesting it exists in a parallel universe.
6ExbY TIL: The measles has a rare complication called Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis that occurs 6-15 years after the virus is caught. This complication causes brain swelling which leads to memory loss, change in personality, loss of body functions, uncontrollable spasming, and inevitably death.