› added 11 years ago

131

TIL Shirley Temple’s mother took her to see Santa at the mall when she was young. The mall santa asked for her autograph, and this is when she stopped believing in Santa Claus

Read more quoteinvestigator.com

via reddit.com

R7vg4 TIL Silly String was invented to be used as an aerosol spray to create an instant cast on broken and sprained bones. It worked, but while testing nozzles it was noticed it produced a 30' string. This inspired the inventor to change the formula to be less sticky, add color, and market it as a toy.
KYZgJ TIL there are 56 United States Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients who received the medal for jumping on grenades and mines to save the lives of their comrades.
4k8XJ TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993
9Y0bQ TIL about Clive Wearing, a man who suffers from amnesia so severe, that he can only remember the past seven seconds of his life. All after being infected with a virus in 1985.
oRnNA TIL An officially licensed Homey D Clown video game was released for PC in 1993. Computer Gaming World ranked it as "the 5th-worst computer game ever released."