› added 1 year ago

120

TIL that in 1978 a massive fire hit Rio’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM), destroying works by Salvador Dalí, Picasso, Portinari, Matisse, Magritte, Miró and many others

Read more riomemorias.com.br

via reddit.com

WkJwX TIL after Algeria won independence, it committed systematic genocide against Muslims supporting the French. 30,000 to 150,000 were murdered by lynch mobs. The French army disobeyed orders not to intervene and rescued some 90,000 Muslims to France. Algeria refuses to let them return to this day.
p8WYA TIL that people & organizations have spent millions of dollars to build an electrical grid in Kenya to have their efforts thwarted by individuals who steal PCP contaminated oil to sell to road side vendors to fry food with.
rPPx TIL that anyone who removes Hawaiian rocks from the islands is said to be cursed. Every year people mail back thousands of pounds of rock, sand, and shells to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, many with reports of how their lives were ruined by the curse.
oRWQ7 TIL that the small ridges on the roof of your mouth are called rugae? These unique patterns of ridges are as unique to each person as fingerprints!
6EL68 TIL a puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka, the first animal to safely return from orbit, was given to president Kennedy by Khrushchev. The puppy grew up and became the mate of JFK's dog Charlie. The cold war couple went on to have 4 pups themselves, dubbed the "Pupniks".