› added 5 years ago

81

TIL Nikon camera brand belongs to Mitsubishi

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Mwnb TIL in 1970 Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking nail polish and wrote a suicide note about how he was feeling. He survived, and used the note as the lyrics for his famous song “Tomorrow is Today”, and wrote “You’re Only Human” to help people with depression who are contemplating suicide.
KO5nJ TIL about Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy who infiltrated the Syrian government and became Chief Advisor to the Syrian Minister of Defense.
Wk7bo TIL The invention of cultured pearls largely destroyed the economy of Kuwait due to the reliance on pearl diving.
78e4P TIL the state parliament of Bremen, Germany, is called the Bürgerschaft
7va7 TIL There is a pepper grown in Japan called the Shishito pepper. Only 1 out of 10 is spicy and there’s no way of knowing beforehand.