› added 12 years ago

75

TIL that the oldest hotel in the world is Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan which is in Hayakawa, Japan. It was founded in 705 AD and has been in continuous operation for 1307 years.

Read more luxurylaunches.com

via reddit.com

ZKYv TIL that in 1944, 4 million Indians died because of an artificial famine created by the British government.
Oo7B7 TIL Martin Luther King Jr. studied Gandhi and practiced "satyagraha"
9wbVB TIL the term "fragging" originated during the highly unpopular Vietnam War, when U.S. soldiers would kill a fellow soldier, usually a superior, using a fragmentation grenade to make it look accidental.
Xn9X TIL that Prince used Dave Chappelle’s Prince on his album cover for “Breakfast Can Wait”.
neb7b TIL Kyrgyz goats have a lump of fat on their back that is considered a delicacy, and these animals can fetch extreme prices