› added 9 years ago

157

TIL that the first aircraft hijacker in Norway surrendered his weapon for a six-pack

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

awAEA TIL: Isaac Newton set out the colors of the rainbow we memorize today. However, he originally didn't include orange or indigo. He only added them later because of his occult belief that there must be 7 separate colors, just like there are 7 notes in a musical scale and 7 days of the week.
N1jJ TIL that when the Paracutin volcano was born, it emerged so quickly that it pushed up the ground beneath people. Within 24 hours, it was 15 stories high, and by the end of the week it was the height of the Great Pyramids.
8aP6V TIL up until 1981, a purely heterosexual form of polyamorous marriage was widely practiced among the Tibetans: each man had many wives, and each woman had many husbands. This practice is still common today in rural areas.
jN9vQ TIL Russian stereotype of being vodka drinkers stems back for 4 centuries when the rulers and government would produce cheap vodka as a stream of revenue
yyQV TIL At JFK’s request his 19 year old mistress, Mimi Alford performed oral sex on his Special Assistant, David Powers, while JFK watched. He later apologised to them both.