› added 10 years ago

139

TIL that Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church once worked as a bouncer in an Argentinean bar

Read more religion.blogs.cnn.com

via reddit.com

jbpp TIL of “learned helplessness”, when an organism has endured enough averse stimuli which it was unable to escape or avoid, it gives up and becomes unable to learn escape in the future, even in situations where such behavior would be effective
NXrwP TIL; "Hello" came to prominence as a greeting with the invention of the telephone
ArL4 TIL That Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William “Boss” Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days
QJgAk TIL the founder of Dave's Killer Bread worked at his family's bakery as a kid and having suffered from depression and addiction committed crimes that led to a fifteen year sentence. He was released early and returned to the bakery to start his company. He now runs foundation called Second Chance.
Y7RRd TIL that it takes roughly 40 Gallons of sap to make 1 Gallon of Maple Syrup, and the average Maple Tree will produce anywhere from 10-20 Gallons of sap when tapped.