› added 4 years ago

104

TIL About the “Three Emperors Dinner.” A feast so elegant it is remembered 150 years later and a menu from the event remains in tact and on display at a French restaurant

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

g1lD TIL that the word “orient” comes from the Latin word “oriens”, meaning East because in the Middle Ages many maps were drawn with East at the top. So to “orient” them you had to turn them so that East was facing up.
Z8e6D TIL: Good, open, and honest communication acts as a solution-provider that buffers your in-home childcare-giving and homeschooling from a sudden unwanted change as a result of your nanny or babysitter quitting her job.
1aPEP TIL at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 7 year old Yang Peiyi wasn't deemed "cute enough" to sing for the opening ceremonies, so they substituted 9 year old Lin Mioke to lip-sync in Yang's place.
7nBP TIL Twofold Bay whalers had an agreement with a local pod of orcas known as “The Law of the Tongue”. The orcas would herd whales towards shore and block off their escape, allowing whalers to harpoon them. The tongues of the captured whales would then be cut out and thrown to the orcas as tribute.
XRxR TIL that a former mayor of Toledo once suggested selling houses near the airport to deaf people.