› added 12 years ago

152

TIL that the only time the US had zero debt was in 1835, when President Andrew Jackson paid it all off

Read more wiki.answers.com

via reddit.com

DYMp TIL Americans with Disabilities Fought for Their Civil Rights by Crawling Up the Steps of the Capitol Building
9YNgG TIL that famous writer Art Buchwald wanted to join the United States Marine Corps during World War II but was too young to join without parental or legal guardian consent, so he bribed a drunk with half a pint of whiskey to sign as his legal guardian
6EPBm TIL George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass is the best selling solo Beatles album. It has sold more than John Lennon’s Imagine and McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run combined.
W0rd TIL that in 2006, Fiji water ran an ad saying “The label says Fiji because it’s not bottled in Cleveland”. Cleveland took offense to that and ran some tests - turns out Cleveland’s tap water is better than Fiji’s bottled water.
7rwBX TIL Bear Grylls, at the age of 21, survived a fall of 16,000 feet after his parachute malfunctioned