› added 6 months ago

33

TIL that Illinois fought and lost a war against crows in the 1930/40s.

Read more ksdk.com

via reddit.com

yNDl TIL in 1936, notorious murderer Richard Loeb was fatally stabbed while sexually assaulting a prison inmate. The Chicago Daily News then wrote that Loeb, ‘despite his erudition, ended his sentence with a proposition’.
w9K8 TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it
4XJKX TIL the psychedelic furs song “Pretty in Pink” inspired the 80’s cult classic of the same name. But, the song is not about a dress, it refers to the beauty of the nude female body. The popularity of the song with young girls alienated the band’s older fan base.
VMv18 TIL The vibrator was invented before the vacuum cleaner (1883)
R7vK6 TIL No two samples of human ashes will be precisely the same in terms of elemental composition