› added 6 years ago

104

TIL The 1 Percent Rule. This rule states that only 1% of an internet community creates new content. The rest of the community is divided between content editors (9%) and content viewers (90%).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7MnX TIL There is a hidden matrilineal bloodline that has run through all major European royal families for the past 800 years. If it were a house in its own right it would be more influential than any other house in European history. It includes the current monarchs of the UK, Spain and Sweden.
X1kr TIL only 8% of the outdoor statues of people in the US are of women
N5BQ TIL the Western African gorilla’s scientific name is Gorilla gorilla, including a lowland subspecies named Gorilla gorilla gorilla
JYAPV TIL that Bob Barker stepped down as host of Miss USA/Universe pageants after 20 years after his request that fur prizes for the contestants be removed was refused. Following his wife's death Barker became a staunch advocate for animal rights.
7Krb TIL actor Martin Sheen has been married to the same woman for 56 years