› added 10 years ago

197

TIL a million Europeans were enslaved by North African slave traders between 1530 and 1780

Read more washingtontimes.com

via reddit.com

v1XED TIL that killer whales, or orca whales have a highly developed ‘limbic system’, which suggests that they feel a stronger level of empathy and social cohesion towards their peers than any other mammal, including human beings and other cetaceans.
R5oo6 TIL that among ‘Things Unexpectedly Named After People’, you have PageRank (after Larry Page), German chocolate cake, Price Club, Shrapnel, Main Street, (San Francisco), and Baker’s chocolate
VBOLD TIL George Best was named the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or winner) in 1968, becoming the first and only Northern Irish player to receive the prestigious award.
OGoj7 TIL that the Pope is the head of two separate and distinct sovereign entities. Vatican City, A Sovereign City State, and the Holy See, a sovereign juridical entity that acts as the Universal Catholic Central Government.
Z8Xaa TIL that the United Kingdom bought T-80 Main Battle Tanks from Russia by posing as a fake trading company that was supposed to deliver them to Morocco.