› added 10 years ago

90

TIL Chevy Chase was the number one choice for the lead in ‘American Beauty’, but turned it down to star in 'Snow Day’

Read more splitsider.com

via reddit.com

x6ObD TIL a Muslim woman has dedicated her life to watching over the Jewish museum in Morocco
Q4jk TIL that wrinkly fingers (aka Pruned) help improve handling of slippery objects in wet conditions.
OnDg TIL George Washington quelled an officer insurrection by putting on a new pair of spectacles while reading a letter to the group stating “Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind.” Many officers were moved to tears
YZMr TIL there is a popular legend that President Howard Taft created baseball’s 7th-inning stretch. When watching a game, the overweight Taft would get sore and stand, and the rest of those in attendance would join him out of respect.
vKvR TIL that one reason Portugal remained neutral in WWII was to honor a treaty it made with England in 1386