› added 6 years ago

145

TIL Jack was a baboon purchased by a railway signalman who lost his legs in an accident. The Baboon began to operate the railway, and was eventually given a job and salary. In 9 years of employment, he never made a mistake.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

p8PZ8 TIL a 2003 heatwave killed over 70,000 people across Europe including 14,000 in France alone.
8aNAX TIL Al Capone Was Paroled After Only 8 Years, Lived Out His Life At His Florida Mansion
OlNR TIL Rick Astley has only earned 12 bucks from YouTube in royalties.
AD5PB TIL that during the heyday of The Sopranos FBI wiretaps of the real mafia revealed that the show was so realistic the real mobsters thought there was a connected guy feeding story lines for the show
wlpJ TIL that the average worker in the US would have to work 50% more hours to afford a home than a worker in 1950.