› added 4 years ago

125

TIL that American citizens were also transported as convicts to Australia

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

l7Ebr TIL France forced Haiti to pay billions in reparations for the privilege of being free, so Haiti had to take loans from a french bank, it took 122 years to pay off that debt
WxgN TIL that Tim Curry was originally cast to portray the Joker in Batman: The Animated series, but he was replaced by Mark Hammil because his voice was too scary
x6Prg TIL Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is considered by some to be the first computer programmer. She wrote notes on Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine" that included an algorithm for calculating a sequence of numbers. Lovelace envisioned the machine creating art and music.
oBvbW TIL as a child Jimi Hendrix, being left-handed, would secretly restring his guitars to fit his left hand, but when his superstitious father was around (who believed it was bad luck to play with your left hand), he taught himself to play the normal guitar upside down.
LkG79 TIL that the average office worker spends 77 minutes a day watching videos unrelated to their job, according to a 2017 survey.