› added 3 years ago

128

TIL Benjamin Paddock, an American bank robber & con man who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitives list from 1969 to 1977 when escaping prison in 1968, was the father of Stephen Paddock (the Route 91 mass shooter)

Read more fbi.gov

via reddit.com

OLML TIL in 1992 thousands of plastic yellow ducks broke free from a cargo ship on the Pacific. They floated halfway around the world for years and were used to study ocean currents.
xVLEg TIL that the most of the methane cows produce doesn't come out in farts but instead from burps.
0w7N5 TIL that deceased brothel owner Dennis Hof was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2018, having passed away between the primary and the general election
kEam TIL James Stewart is the highest-ranking actor in military history (Brigadier General). He was World War II and Vietnam War Veteran and Licensed Commercial Pilot. In 1996, he was due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but opted not to, preferring to let things happen naturally.
OG5WX TIL that pizza was invented in Naples, Italy as an inexpensive food to be consumed quickly. It remained unknown outside of Naples until Italian immigrants brought it to the US in the early 20th Century, where it would take the country by storm after WW2.