› added 1 year ago

56

TIL that Marry Mallon ('Typhoid Mary') lived in forced quarantine for the last twenty years of her life in an Island just off of New York ('North Brother Island')

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rJoZ TIL that, although the Soho district in NYC was named hundreds of years after the Soho district in London, only NYC's Soho is a functional abbreviation (South of Houston St.) while London's Soho was likely named for a hunting call.
lodxK TIL that there is an actual metal pole that marks the south pole. Aside from the ceremonial pole, there is a much smaller pole that must be replaced regularly to account for changing conditions.
epe7D TIL the live action/animated 2007-15 Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise grossed $1.4 billion against a budget of just $300 million.
mxoYy TIL: Atheletes have a resting heart rate of 40 bpm whereas others have it at around 70 bpm. Because they have stronger heart muscles.
LQWjd TIL that the Wall Drug Store has a billboard advertising its goods and services in Grey Bull, Wyoming, a 394-mile drive away from the South Dakota establishment.