› added 5 months ago

49

TIL Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Read more lithub.com

via reddit.com

VBJa4 TIL Not every one has two pinkie toe joints. About 44% of people only have 1 joint on their pinkie toe.
LkMJd TIL : America has twice as many diagnosed ADHD child as any nation in the world
mBGP TIL that George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were Christian Deists and did not believe that Jesus Christ was divine.
VM1P4 TIL that Japanese socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated in 1960 with a katana on live television.
LkN7p TIL of Ely S. Parker, a Native American who wrote the final draft of the Confederate Surrender. At the time of surrender, General Lee extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' Parker shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'