› added 6 months ago

17

TIL The Potlatch Ceremony, where Native leaders gave away or destroyed valuables during a great feast, was banned from 1885 to 1951 in Canada yet persisted in secret during that time

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

KYEja TIL among the official HTTP client error response codes (like "404: Not Found"), status code "418: I'm a teapot" is the code used to indicate that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot.
7roaM TIL many of the "Real Facts" printed inside Snapple bottle caps are outdated, incomplete, inaccurate or just plain false.
j6yap TIL DoorDash illegally sold user information and settled for $375,000
R7964 TIL that the Berlin Wall was destroyed by civilians because in a press conference one Official mentioned future regulations on transit of people, assuming and saying it was valid immediately. People then started destroying the wall and the police didn't stop them because the press was filming
oBkmW TIL of Jang Bogo. A Korean peasant who served in China, becoming an abolitionist, and in the 820s formed a powerful private navy of 10,000 men to attack slavers, leading to the Emperor ending slavery. The Nobility hated him and assassinated him when he tried to marry a princess.