› added 5 years ago

102

TIL that there were originally 8 of the foundational Stoic Discourses of Epictetus. Only the first 4 survive today.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Zp7DY TIL a female reporter attempted to recreate the famous novel "Around The World In 80 Days". Not only did she complete it with eight days to spare, she made a detour to interview Jules Verne, the original author.
MGLb TIL the pallbearers at Billy Mays’ funeral wore blue shirts and khaki pants in tribute.
PY5XO TIL about the 1997 Jarell tornado, which is considered the most destructive tornado in recorded history. By the time rescuers arrived at the Double Creek subdivision where 27 people had died, there was nothing in sight except bare slabs of foundation and ripped up dirt.
Zbga TIL After a Polish impostor who claimed the throne of Russia was found out. He was executed, burned, and had his ashes shot out of a cannon back towards Poland.
9v87 TIL that a monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.