› added 1 year ago

58

TIL Celine Dion met her husband when she was 12 and he was… 38

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

erPL TIL A seven-year-old Russian boy gave up his life saving his sister from her rapist.
QQm6 TIL that British Captain James Cook was so respected in the field of naval navigation that even rival French officers were ordered not to attack him lest that they would be hindering the advancement of human knowledge.
v1vXj TIL The discovery of dinosaurs did not occur until 1820, when Dr. Gideon Mantell, living on the South shore of Sussex picked up a strange tooth in a sandstone, captivating artists, writers and filmmakers ever since.
e0O9L TIL Dr Drew's first TV appearance was on Wheel Of Fortune. He didn't win.
5YplB TIL that in 1945 six Americans, five of which were children, were killed in Oregon by a Japanese bomb that was delivered via balloon. They were the only citizens to die by enemy weapon on the American mainland during World War II.