› added 6 years ago

279

TIL Malaria did not kill half of all humans who have ever lived

Read more cmr.asm.org

via reddit.com

XXOQ TIL Keith Moon hated drum solos and refused to play them in concert. At one show, Townshend and Entwistle decided to spontaneously stop playing to hear Moon’s drum solo. Moon stopped too, shouting “Drum solos are boring!”
WPN9 TIL that, prior to 1883, the United States had hundreds of timezones.
xVXNw TIL American politician and former vice president Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) argued against the idea of a standing army, comparing it to a standing penis: "An excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure."
4XWDg TIL there have been many times that less than 20 votes have made the difference. Your vote DOES count!
ZpYBp TIL Dave Thomas shaped KFC as we know it