› added 7 years ago

116

TIL that the biblical books of Psalms and Proverbs are likely to be copied from an older Egyptian text called "Instruction of Amenemope"

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

L7mm TIL that 70% of all Canadian blood plasma is actually sourced from the United States, where donors are regularly paid for their donations.
wv68 TIL that the first Sikh American/Asian American/Indian American to be elected to Congress was Dalip Singh Saund, who served in Congress from January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963. Saund was also the first member of a non-Abrahamic faith to be elected to Congress.
GAZOj TIL Carl Gugasian, one of the most prolific bank robbers ever in the US, thought he’d never be able to get a real job and felt he had no option but to resort to a life of crime. Convicted of robbery at 15, he didn't know that his juvenile records would get expunged.
M7EPb TIL that a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it
16Jer TIL Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows around Antarctica in a clockwise direction, is the largest ocean current in the world.