› added 3 years ago

338

TIL of Thomas Jones, a 14-year-old who broke into Buckingham Palace in 1838 and was caught with Queen Victoria's underwear stuffed down his trousers. After breaking in twice more, Jones was sentenced to hard labour, and after incarceration on a prison ship would later become the town crier of Perth.

Read more bbc.co.uk

via reddit.com

ZpG9D TIL: Holy water in a container can be topped up with unholy water. As long as the added water doesn’t exceed 50%, the whole container is still considered holy water.
XXrR TIL that approximately 6% of divorced couples remarry the same person
wonQ6 TIL that Chevron uses the "Standard" name for one gas station in each state it serves, so it doesn't lose the Standard Oil trademark
j5vX TIL during world war ll because of food shortage and post-war factors , The Shiba Inu nearly became extinct . all dogs today are bred from the only three surviving bloodlines.
wWKM TIL that in 2010, a spanish woman claimed ownership of the sun and tried to charge everyone who used it a fee.