› added 5 years ago

215

TIL that behind the feeling of "anger" is always any sort of pain

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

Bg1by TIL Singapore requires a permit to buy a car and it can cost more than a midrange or luxury car itself.
ne9wY TIL the British could have stopped Hitler in 1938 by refusing to sign the Munich Agreement. The German Army had a coup against the Nazis all set up and ready to go, but Chamberlain screwed up by allowing Hitler to take a chunk of Czechoslovakia without a fight.
d8mQr TIL that an Iranian director made a documentary about his life as a dissident under house arrest, and had it smuggled out of the country on a USB stick hidden inside a birthday cake. He also defied a 20-year filmmaking ban to make the movie.
0aX1 TIL approximately 7% of lethal injection executions are botched in the United States.
9YX1Q TIL that for all but a few months from 1794 to 1977, Paris was the only French commune without a mayor. During these times, it was controlled directly by the departmental prefect, and had less autonomy than the smallest village.