› added 6 years ago

71

TIL the Nazis kept a secret list of people to be immediately arrested after the invasion of England. The list included numerous political leaders, but also Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, and the head of the Boy Scouts

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VMxO8 TIL that some cats go after melons and certain fruit because of an amino acid that smells like meat to them.
pA5Z TIL that every US President is/was related to George Washington, except Gerald Ford.
6rGZ TIL of Tihar. A festival in Nepal that dedicates an entire day to thanking dogs for their friendship and loyalty.
JNem TIL that the retailer Target has a “walk of shame” policy intended to cause emotional distress to employees accused of wrongdoing, by having them publicly arrested and paraded through the store in handcuffs.
K0XR TIL Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush both vetoed bills that would reinstate the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ which required media outlets to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable and balanced