› added 9 years ago

339

TIL that a 2011 size 0 is larger than a 1970 size 6

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VMjn8 TIL that the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, was published September 25, 1690
7rEMb TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.
m1rvP TIL: before 1993, there were only two colors of visible light LEDs. The invention of the blue LED changed everything.
PX0E TIL That ‘District 9’ is the outcome of the failed 'Halo’ movie
oByLW TIL the inspiration for Macintosh computers came from 1970's Xerox technology