› added 13 years ago

100

TIL that a Soviet NKVD executioner personally killed 7000 Polish officers over a 28 day period with a pistol, working 10 hours per night and averaging a person every three minutes. He personally accounted for almost one third of the Katyn Massacre.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Xa46 TIL the Game of Thrones showrunners/producers began trying to reduce the amount of frequent character and political intrigues during garden walks, because of the South Park parody episode ‘Black Friday’
rNWZM TIL that Former U.S. Senator and Actor George Murphy is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
0dEvA TIL that P.T. Barnum noticed people were lingering too long at his exhibits so he posted signs indicating "This Way to the Egress". Not knowing that "Egress" was another word for "Exit", people followed the signs to what they assumed was a fascinating exhibit and ended up outside.
Ayna TIL the word “strike” as in a labor stoppage borrows from the practice of 18th Century British sailors who would strike or lower their ship’s sails and not raise them again until they’d been paid.
e0kLg TIL Black Couturier Ann Lowe Designed Jackie Kennedy's Wedding Dress