› added 10 years ago

303

TIL Maria Sharapova has a candy company called Sugarpova. She was seriously considering changing her name to Sugarpova before the 2013 US Open.

Read more espn.go.com

via reddit.com

ADjag TIL that Medieval mapmakers supposedly inscribed the phrase “Here Be Dragons” on maps showing unknown regions of the world. Unfortunately, however, it appears that, apart from an inscription on a single, 16th-century globe, this claim is unfounded.
J1x4 TIL The product of any four consecutive numbers is divisible by 24.
Y7ypr TIL that the power to punish pirates is explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution
XEKdj TIL that Disney once offered televangelist Pat Robertson $42 million to let them remove "The 700 Club" from Freeform's lineup, but he said no. Freeform began as the satellite channel of Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network; he sold it in the '90s, but every owner since has had to air the show.
9ELm TIL Some women in 19th century India were charged a size based “Breast Tax”, and the defiant actions of a single woman helped abolish the oppressive law