› added 7 years ago

152

TIL that Tupac's godmother, Assata Shakur, was a Black Panther, Black Liberation Army member, revolutionary and bank robber. She was convicted for the murder of a police officer, escaped prison, found asylum in Cuba, and is still alive with a 2 million dollar American bounty on her head.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

1a04V TIL the largest stadium in the world is located in North Korea, with a capacity of approximately 150,000
grLnL TIL that in the late 80s, Phillip Morris international (a large tobacco company) developed cigarettes with nicotine artificially extracted from them in an attempt to market “healthier” cigarettes, which backfired as they were widely criticized by public health groups and did not sell well.
0B0y TIL In 2013, a woman got furious at Target for naming the color of her plus-size dress “Manatee gray” while the regular-size dress was called “dark heather gray”. Target changed the color name and issued an apology.
oLkY TIL that until 1987, broadcasters in the U.S. were legally required by the FCC to present both sides of “controversial matters of public interest.”
KkMB TIL that originaly, the Celcius temperture scale went backwards, with 0°C being boiling and 100°C freezing water