› added 10 years ago

261

TIL that there is a Russian cult that worships the character Gadget from the TV show Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers

Read more odditycentral.com

via reddit.com

GAVJ1 TIL: NYC had a red light district during the Revolutionary War known as "Holy Ground" because it was on land owned by Trinity Church
g4ly TIL Abraham Lincoln once co-owned a pub with a man named William Berry. The duo appropriately named their bar, “Berry and Lincoln”. It opened in Springfield, IL in 1834.
aj8b TIL French fashion designer, Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (1883 –1971), along with being anti-semitic, homophobic, and addicted to morphine, was a spy for the Third Reich.
pQxb TIL: A koi named Hanako was the oldest know captive fish. When she died in 1977 she was determined to be 226 years old. Not only was she older than the United States, she also predated the European discovery of Australia by 19 years.
omXK TIL That in 1974 Steve Rogers (Capt. America), disillusioned by corruption in the U.S. government, temporarily ditched his patriotic personna and became Nomad, the hero without a country.