› added 12 years ago

166

TIL Nelson Mandela attended Tupac Shakurs ash scattering service in 2006.

Read more nme.com

via reddit.com

ANbdg TIL The USDA defines sandwiches as, "at least 35% cooked meat and no more than 50% bread" for closed sandwiches, and "at least 50% cooked meat" for open sandwiches.
OopVe TIL that the notion of a "white Christmas" was popularized by the writings of Charles Dickens, whose stories that depicted a snowy Christmas season were based on his childhood, which happened to be the coldest decade in England in over a century
eRJ5 TIL Tigresses often donate a portion of their territory to their female offspring so they can breed, hunt and survive more easily. 11:24
5dPp TIL Frank Zappa was invited to perform in Live Aid concert (to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine) but he refused, calling the event “the biggest cocaine money laundering scheme of all time.”
1aKGX TIL husband of the person who translated The Complete Yes Minister into Chinese later became the Prime Minister of China