› added 8 months ago

29

TIL that large earrings (in both ears) were common and fashionable for men in Revolutionary France

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

pY1N8 TIL the composer for the "Mass Effect" and "Call of Duty" franchises has zero musical training, and studied civil engineering
9ABQ TIL Iraq still uses bomb detecting devices that are nothing more than a modern day dowsing rod and have been proven fake. They were purchased for around 85 million.
loovA TIL Caesar salads are named after Chef Caesar Cardini, not Julius Caesar.
xXA5 TIL Sir John Smith, who founded Jamestown, was knighted by a prince of Transylvania, for beheading three Turkish commanders in 3 separate duels. He later captured as a slave, and given by a Turkish nobleman to his mistress, the woman subsequently fell in love with Smith and He escaped 2 years later.
YNVv TIL Julian Lennon had to buy the letters he wrote to his father (John Lennon) at an auction, because Yoko One wouldn’t give them to him.