› added 10 months ago

40

TIL that the character of John Rambo, was originally inspired by Audie Murphy and his struggles with PTSD.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Brrpe TIL that Canada was the last colony in the New World to have been visited by a Jew. The first was a cross-dressing female sailor who was deported back to France when her gender and religion were discovered
oBBDL TIL A two-inch oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day.
Db6V TIL that in Germany, when a kid becomes an adult at age 18, it can get rid of all its debt by offering its debtors everthing its owns at that point. The young adult is relieved from all other debts they can’t pay back so that no young adult has to face a life in debt for things they did as teenager.
9YXdQ TIL Australians have an unofficial holiday, Gravy Day (Dec. 21) based on a 1996 Paul Kelly song about a man in jail writing to his family about longing to be with them at Christmas
KJBB TIL Prince used Dave Chappelle, dressed as Prince, for the artwork to his single “Breakfast Can Wait”