› added 2 months ago

7

TIL Chevy Chase's real name is Cornelius Crane Chase

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0QV5 TIL that during WWII Polish children and women were given refuge by an Indian king.
n05W TIL Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel - as the challenged, he chose the dueling weapon - A broadsword.
JY59k TIL a model spotted his face on a jar of instant coffee 16 years after a photo shoot and won $15.6 million.
6pYX TIL that George Washington did not wear a powdered wig. He actually grew out his own hair and powdered it so it would appear white.
D1oYp TIL of the Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the biggest known flying animals of all time. It stood about as tall as a giraffe and had a wingspan as wide as the length of a gas tanker truck.