› added 10 years ago

78

TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

78pZr TIL a few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerin for this heart condition.
R7rla TIL "Fee-fi-fo-fum" Roughly translates to "Behold food, good to eat, sufficient for my hunger"
rRRLW TIL that the government of Brazil attempted to transform the country into a major manufacturer of computers in the 1980s. The import of foreign computers was banned so that people would have to use Brazilian models, which were of inferior quality since the government spent very little money on R&D.
eNOb TIL 70% of American Males between the ages of 20 and 34 are not Married.
Xab8 TIL that United States student loan debt exceeds US credit card debt and auto debt