› added 9 years ago

184

TIL that with 4 kings, 31 presidents, 6 princes, 22 prime ministers, and 47 ministers of foreign affairs as attendees, the state funeral of Yugoslav president Tito is regarded as the largest in history.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7jMo TIL that a small area of Los Angeles shares Beverly Hills' 90210 zip code. Called Beverly Hills Post Office, the neighborhood's property values benefit from association with the famous city. Don't have any emergencies, though; ambulances get confused by the border.
VBNED TIL more than 40 camels were disqualified from a Saudi beauty contest after being found to have received Botox injections to enhance their looks in 2021
MeR0W TIL of Brian Banks, a star football player with a promising NFL career, who was sent to prison at 17 after being accused of sexual violence. After serving 5 years in prison, the woman confessed she made it up. Although he was acquitted, his dream NFL career never happened and she never served time.
KYkNJ TIL a 1993 study in the British Medical Journal found that in Bristol, unemployment rates and psychiatric hospital admission rates for people under 65 were very strongly correlated, with unemployment rates explaining over 90% of the variation
8aVDL TIL that although Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written to include cannons firing and cathedral bells, synchronising them with an orchestra proved all but impossible. It wasn't until 1954 that composer Antal Doráti mixed a studio recording with cannons and bells, finally playing it as intended.