› added 8 years ago

250

TIL London only reached its pre-WW2 population level in January, 2015.

Read more citymetric.com

via reddit.com

4gb TIL Ernest Hemingway used a machine gun when fishing, to shoot sharks, and was the first person to ever boat a giant tuna in an undamaged state.
ZpwlB TIL that the title of “first animals to go into space” goes to a group of fruit flies, which were sent into space on a V2 rocket by NASA in 1946
WkVLX TIL Gilles de Rais, 13th century child serial killer and companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, depleted his wealth performing occult experiments including three attempted summonings of a demon named Barron.
XEyar TIL The Chinese government killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 C.I.A sources from 2010 through 2012 crippling US spying operations in China.
BrO8e TIL The world records for women's and men's discus throw is held by two East Germans. Furthermore the woman's world record, held by Gabriele Reinsch, is 76.80m making it 2.72m further than the men's world record, held by Jürgen Schult, which is 74.08m. (Note: a woman's discus is lighter 1kg vs. 2kg)