› added 10 months ago

50

TIL that a child dies every two weeks (on average) from television or furniture tip-over accident

Read more messalaw.com

via reddit.com

xV067 TIL Hops come from the same genetic family as Marijuana - Cannabaceae
E1QrW TIL J.R.R. Tolkien worked for the Oxford English Dictionary and is credited with having worked on a number of words starting with the letter W, including walrus.
axA0 TIL That of the top 100 biggest economies in the world, 51 are corporations and 49 are countries.
rN1ay TIL that according to US Middle East Specialist Edgar Wright, an unknown individual impersonated Harry Truman's voice on the telephone and swayed the President of Haiti into voting for a motion at the UN.
4XyR6 TIL that despite their name and musical style, Skid Row (the band) were not from Los Angeles, but rather Toms River, New Jersey.