› added 3 years ago

94

TIL the band Radiohead were originally called On A Friday. They renamed themselves after the title of a Talking Heads song.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QJEva TIL that as a result of the great difficulty in communicating and convening for assembly due to a lack of functioning roads, poorly maintained bridges and slow postal delivery, it took two months for George Washington to learn he had won the presidency
XL0X TIL Harriet Tubman drugged crying babies with opium and never lost a slave on 19 trips
rRJRM TIL it takes about 37 gallons of water to make a single roll of toilet paper, and the average person uses 384 trees worth of toilet paper in their lifetime.
ePpk TIL: In American TV there is something called “The Friday night death slot” Many canceled shows Including Firefly, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, and The Good Guys all aired in that slot.
Q9JX TIL between 1995-2000, the chief of security of McDonald’s monopoly pieces passed all the most expensive pieces to employees. They netted over 26 million dollars.