› added 4 years ago

122

TIL that in 1672, angry Dutchmen killed and ate their prime minister

Read more historyextra.com

via reddit.com

BrKQk TIL for 20 years, the wooden pieces for every Scrabble set in North America were manufactured in Fairfax, Vermont. FYI, in the US, the standard Scrabble sets had wooden tiles, and the deluxe ones had plastic, but in Europe, it was the other way around.
8aQma TIL on July 4th 1852, Frederick Douglass was asked to give a speech about Independence. He got real pissed, saying it was a sham, since slaves had no independence. "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."
ADExd TIL Tchaikovsky had a patron who gave him enough money to quit his job and become a full-time composer, on the condition that they never meet in person.
8a6b8 TIL "Gamergate" can refer to the 2014 internet controversy OR to a mated worker ant that is able to reproduce sexually.
v1AXB TIL: After the 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral fire, the video game Assassin’s Creed: Unity helped restoration efforts due to the highly detailed in-game model of the the Cathedral.