› added 1 year ago

52

TIL The last person to be convicted of Treason in the US was Tomoya Kawakita in 1952 because of his role in WW2, but was released by President Kennedy to be deported back to Japan.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

d8lQ7 TIL In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check.
woAw6 TIL of Vanessa Lawrence, a woman who was on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center (North Tower) as Flight 11 crashed into it, and survived with only a cut on her foot
BYnd TIL The word ‘flaneur’ refers to a person that wonders around and observes society, a man who is not aimless in being but is not stressed of his life, he doesn’t worry about anything and is free from society’s pressures. He is a man that exists to observe.
Z8JZv TIL, that after executing an ambassador sent from Genghis Khan to negotiate, Muhammad II of Khwarzem was executed bt Genghis Khan by pouring moulten silver into his eyes and ears after the Khan invaded and destroyed the entire Khwarazmian Empire.
M74Ga TIL in 1934 actress Joan Lowell sued producers of a movie based on her autobiography for withholding profits. They counter sued claiming she was just a horrible actress - it was revealed later that her autobiography was a work of fiction.