› added 11 years ago

135

TIL that the Battle of Gettysberg, the bloodiest and most significant battle of the American Civil War, ended 150 years ago today.

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

eZRg TIL that the only actual case of poisoned Halloween candy occurred in 1974 when a father killed his son with a cyanide-laced Pixy Stick so he could collect life insurance.
oBK0L TIL nearly 600 Million Hindus were killed under Muslim invaders in India, one of the biggest genocides in the history!
d9kQ TIL almost 50% of all Americans live in the Eastern Time Zone
v1YL7 TIL "Huh" is a "Universal Word" And Means the Same Thing in Every Language Around The World
oBQMY TIL about Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh American man who owned a Chevron gas station in Mesa, Arizona. On September 15th, 2001 he was killed by a Boeing employee as an act of "retaliation" for the WTC attacks. He is listed in the Arizona state memorial as a victim of 9/11