› added 10 years ago

82

TIL the first Witness Protection Program in the USA was for protecting people testifying against the KKK

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7MoN TIL that females typically have more white blood cells and develop fewer infectious diseases
j6L0j TIL YOU were the Time Person of the Year 2006
78kbO TIL Due to retailer worries from the 1983 video game crash, WorldsOfWonder, creators of Teddy Ruxpin and Lazer Tag, used the popularity of their products to force American retailers into selling the Nintendo Entertainment System.
neQlP TIL that the Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona was named by white settlers who assumed the Aztecs were responsible for all archeological sites but it turns out the monument has nothing to do with Montezuma or the Aztecs and yet no one bothered to rename it.
lkP1 TIL Ted Bundy was used like Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in Silence of the Lambs and was asked for help in catching the Green River Killer (Gary Ridgway), another Serial Killer active in Washington State. Bundy predicted Ridgway’s actions.