› added 5 years ago

211

TIL in the early 1920s, the KKK was very active in Chicago with 50,000 members in the city, the largest of any metropolitan area in the U.S. The group was driven from the city in 1925, when a Catholic organization, American Unity League, printed names, addresses, and occupations of Chicago Klansmen.

Read more encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org

via reddit.com

Wk04N TIL there are more galaxies in the universe than there are stars in the Milky Way
d8eG8 TIL that American reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt spent most of their $10 million of accumulated earnings by 2010 because they believed the world would end in 2012.
4XJgX TIL the cellist of Electric Light Orchestra, Mike Edwards, was killed when a 1,300 pound hay bale rolled down a hill and collided with the van he was driving.
W7w04 TIL the Whiskey Wars between Canada and Denmark ended in 2022 having both countries no longer a country bordering only one country. Canada to US and Denmark to Germany.
e0dMD TIL Yuan Shikai declared himself “Emperor of China” after electing as President of the Republic