› added 9 years ago

167

TIL in 1973 the United States organized the overthrow of the democratically elected Chilean government and established a military dictatorship that committed mass genocide

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oBRnK More than 50 percent of women with anorexia nervosa have depression or anxiety, and 43 percent of adults who are obese have depression. So, women at opposite extremes of the weight spectrum have low levels of ‘feel good’ neurosteroid.
RVnw TIL The upside-down cross is actually the sign of St. Peter and thus, The Pope.
OGnP4 TIL Hot-dog diplomacy -- a “soft-power” tactic of American international relations -- started when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planned a picnic lunch for King George VI of Great Britain's official state visit in 1939. King George apparently asked for seconds and washed it all down with beer.
5rOD TIL Koko the gorilla is still alive and is 42
jNKLj TIL The balcony in Romeo and Juliet doesn't exist. It's not in the original play and was picked up from another author's play and inserted into Shakespeare's story about 100 years later. Shakespeare simply has Juliet standing by a window.