› added 5 years ago

424

TIL When Bill Gates' daughter started kindergarten, he dropped her off at school in the mornings to help out his wife, Melinda. Within a few weeks, seeing this, other dads at the school began to drop their children off in the mornings instead of their wives.

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

nWv8d TIL carpentry levels are also known as whiskey sticks. When the bubble level was first invented they used water, which would freeze in cold weather. People started using a mixture of whiskey and water as antifreeze in their levels.
x6yKo TIL the largest island in Denmark is Zealand but it's not related to New Zealand (which was named for Zeeland in the Netherlands).
16B6V TIL the movie Grease (1978) was created as a parody for the very thing it’s typically celebrated for - Corny 1950’s teen musicals.
d8MY9 TIL that J.F.Kennedy bought up to 1200 high grade cuban cigars the day before he ordered a ban on Cuban imports!
XE8e6 TIL of 16th century Korean Admiral Yi Sun-Sin. Although having no prior naval experience, he was undefeated at sea and never lost a single ship. In his most famous battle he commanded 13 ships against the Japanese's 330 and won, all whilst recovering from having been recently tortured.