› added 12 years ago

163

TIL that Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg name means “you fish on your side, I fish on mine, nobody fishes in the middle”

Read more mahonkin.com

via reddit.com

xVeDb TIL that the difference between farther and further is that "farther" refers to an actual physical distance, while "further" is used in a distance that cannot be really observed and measured. For example "He furthered his education", and "The homes were farther apart ".
eY5n TIL in 2006, more than 2/3 of the House of Representatives passed a resolution to amend the US constitution to make flag desecration illegal, and the resolution failed in the Senate by only one vote (66-34).
Z844B TIL That Elton John once composed and performed a song on the spot on TV. The lyrics were taken from a user manual for an oven.
4k0Vo TIL that Martin Luther was an assiduous anti-Semite and that According to the prevailing opinion among historians, his anti-Jewish rhetoric contributed significantly to the development of antisemitism in Germany
neej7 TIL Christine Jorgensen, a former Army private from the Bronx, was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.