› added 1 year ago

35

TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

yQ1ep TIL That due to falling hamburger sales on Fridays. A McDonalds Franchise owner created the Filet-O-Fish sandwich to meet the demands of Western Christians who observed a "No Meat" Friday.
QNdGL TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
aG69 TIL that trickle-down economics used to be known as the “horse and sparrow” theory based on the idea that if you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through his bowels undigested for the sparrows to eat.
7rBYb TIL about the "Ghost Ships of Kiptopeke" - concrete ships sunken off of Kiptopeke, VA, USA to form a breakwater
D1pDe TIL that the higher concentration of dams/reservoirs in the northern hemisphere have caused the earth to spin faster on it's axis. As humans we hold more water in reservoirs than there is in all the rivers combined.