› added 4 months ago

11

TIL that in 1960, three teenagers were brutally murdered while camping at Finland's Lake Bodom, and the case remains one of the country’s most infamous unsolved crimes.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

O4L4 TIL That the highest fighter ace during the Battle of Britain was so ill-disciplined that he was seen as a danger to his colleagues, so he flew a ‘spare’ aircraft and flew his own patrols crediting 17 kills within a month. He was then killed in a crash while attempting to impress his girlfriend.
PYBkJ TIL that the Brooklyn Dodgers name stems from a nickname given in the 1890s to people who, in a matter of life and death, had to evade railcars speeding down the streets. They were known as trolley dodgers.
PVe TIL that President Bill Clinton said he would personally pay the bill to keep the National Christmas Tree lit during the government shutdown resulting from disagreements on the 1996 federal budget
Oo9wa TIL in the entire 120+ year history of Kansas University's basketball team there has been only one coach with a losing record. His name is James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
0dEwy TIL: Microsoft Solitaire was developed by a bored summer intern named Wes Cherry. He received no royalties for his work despite it being among the most used Windows applications of all time.