› added 7 years ago

67

TIL Mulan is currently the only official member of the Disney Princess franchise who is technically not a legitimate princess “in the traditional sense,” as she was neither born the daughter of a king or queen, nor does she become princess consort by marrying a prince.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

Yp7Rd TIL : A Few Years Back, Wisconsin’s largest painting, The Flagellants, returned from its trip to Munich!
DQQGV TIL that Christopher Columbus's signature is written in a combinaison of Greek and Latin script, whose exact meaning has not been decyphered yet. People have used the signature to "prove" that he was Greek, Portuguese, Jewish...
OG5yX TIL that Africa is being torn apart by the East African Rift. You can already see its effect by many lakes forming a line between the red sea and Lake Malawi
p88WA TIL The phrase “shoo in” dates back to horse racing days when you could urge – or shoo – something towards victory. Rather than saying someone is a “shoe-in” to win (which has become another common phrase)
VBLLB TIL President Jimmy Carter advocated citizens to advance global peace and hospitality through the Friendship Force. Anyone can join.