› added 7 years ago

490

TIL before becoming famous for carrying the pilgrims to America; the Mayflower was a merchant ship that transported wine, cognac and vinegar between France and Spain

Read more historyofmassachusetts.org

via reddit.com

m149y TIL that the youngest soldier in the first world war (WWI) was an 8 year old from Serbia, Momčilo Gavrić (1 May, 1906 - 28 April 1993)
XEGl6 TIL 4 year old kids ask up to 400 questions in one day!
XEo8P TIL that Nutraloaf is a food served in prisons in the United States and Canada to prisoners who have misbehaved. Due to its lack of flavor, it has been banned in several states where food cannot be used as punishment
BgREy TIL that long formal movies had to come in two-parts and people back then would have to swap part1 out with part2 to finish watching a movie!
yeja TIL that the velociraptor sounds in Jurassic Park are actually the sounds of mating tortoises recorded at Marine World