› added 11 years ago

99

TIL that January 16th is national do nothing day in the US

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

P9BO TIL that the first American civil war reenactors were actually veterans of the war.
epdQ4 TIL China’s First Emperor’s Obsessive Quest for Immortality and The Elixir of Life Led to His Death and Collapse of His Dynasty
5V48 TIL Sweden is so green it has to import garbage.
eRVg TIL James D. French was an American murderer who was put to death in 1966 by the electric chair. His last words were: “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries’”.
DBjp TIL the Civil War had Nazi-like prison camps. In one of the worst, a one legged man, trying to escape being victimized by other prisoners, was shot in the face and chest, only to lay outside the prison walls suffering until he died the next day.