› added 11 years ago

138

TIL the second longest running animated show in the US is the PBS show “Arthur”, about Arthur the Aardvark

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ZlbG TIL that prostitution was widely legal in the United States up until the early 1900’s, when the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union lobbied against it. This was the same union that was a driving force behind Prohibition in the 1920’s.
OGvD4 TIL Chopin called his Minute Waltz the “Valse du petit chien” (Waltz of the Little Dog), inspired by his partner George Sand’s dog Marquis chasing its tail. The swirling right-hand figures mimic the circling; middle-section grace notes in A-Flat suggest a bell on the dog’s neck.
VMW0B TIL Hitler had a British stalker who was a member of the aristocracy and was conceived in a town called Swastika.
bOvZ TIL there is a couple in the US who have a 20 year-old child who has never aged physically or mentally past the toddler stage
XEZRR TIL that English has no future tense. Every time we talk about the future, we talk about it in the present tense, like “I am going to the airport” or “I will start school next week.” Even “will” expresses intention in the present and not the future.