› added 8 years ago

168

TIL that had JFK not been assassinated, the Soviet Union and the U.S. would have created a Space Union which would have resulted in both the US and the Soviet Union landing on the moon together (at 12:11)

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

nWVj9 TIL Montecristo cigars are named after the classic novel because cigar rollers at the time were read to for entertainment whilst working and ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ was a favourite among the staff.
rRaJo TIL, Newt Gingrich met his first wife when she was his geometry teacher in high school, Gingrich later divorced her while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer. Gingrich eventually married the women he was cheating on his first wife with, they are still married today.
wLeRM TIL The Queen of England still has a Champion. The title is currently held by a 64 year old accountant.
5YR9r TIL: In 2011, Electronic Arts released DLC for Dragon Age 2 and Crysis 2 purchased directly through the game, bypassing Steam's 30% cut. This led to Valve taking down the store pages, and EA refusing to release any games on Steam between 2011 and 2020.
R5k47 TIL that the talipot palm produces the world's largest flower cluster (inflorescence) containing one to several million flowers. It grows up to 25m tall, takes 30 to 80 years to reach maturity to flower and then dies immediately afterwards, having drained all its nutrients in the process.