› added 2 months ago

18

TIL that in 2015 the son of the creator of Barney was charged with shooting his neighbor in the chest after accusing him of trespassing.

Read more people.com

via reddit.com

R7Oo1 Today I learned that there are only about 25 blimps in the world and only half of those are operational. This is partly due to high construction and operation costs
A9r4 TIL that a Dutch porn actress, Bobbi Eden, promised all her twitter followers oral sex if the Dutch soccer team would win the World Cup of 2010, they lost the final with 0-1.
LQjK9 TIL that in the 1920s, you could order glass burial caskets from a catalog, for adults or children.
DQVVD TIL that Winston Churchill would have written John D. Rockefeller's biography, during the 1930s, but the Rockefellers withdrew their offer once Churchill demanded $250.000 for writing the biography of their patriarch.
JYV58 TIL that companies don't follow the existing standard for the sizing of women's clothes. In 1937 a woman with a 32" bust would wear a size 14. In 1967 it was an 8. Then in 2011, it was a size 0. More expensive brands of women's pants tend to be smaller than those from cheaper brands.