› added 5 years ago

796

Today I learned that ‘The Rule is Not "A" Before Consonants and "An" Before Vowels’, the rule is actually based around the sound of the word. For example: He has a unique point of view on the subject and talked about it for an hour.

Read more writersdigest.com

via reddit.com

8akYV TIL that, inspired by a hit 2018 pop song, "U.S.A." is a popular party game in Japan where people sing the chorus and try to insert actual facts about America.
Jw0l TIL that Artist Siren Elise Wilhelmsen designed a Clock that knits a Scarf a year
grmL8 TIL that on April 12, 1945, a tornado outbreak occurred in the Midwestern United States, killing at least 128 people. However, the concurrent news of the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt overshadowed news of the outbreak.
wL8gW TIL that Erik The Red who discovered Greenland, called it Greenland in spite of its ice cover, because people would be attracted to go there if it had a favorable name, and used it as a trick to lure settlers to Greenland
J1mPj TIL that Kenya's Agnes Jebet Ngetich set the 10 km run world record in Valencia, breaking the previous record by 28 seconds. En route to this time, she also broke the 5 km run world record by 6 seconds and also holds the second fastest half marathon mark in history, at 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 sec.