› added 8 years ago

66

TIL jenga is Swahili for build

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

dbJr TIL of Ossip Bernstein, a famous chess grandmaster, who was sentenced to death by the Bolsheviks in 1918. While he was facing the firing squad, a russian officer that heard his name offered him the chance to prove his identity in a game of chess. He beat the officer and was released.
X07LQ Today I learned about Frederick Lindemann, Churchill's advisor who encouraged him to target working class houses, and divert food shipments from India.
eAGn TIL There is an Israeli policy document prepared in 1996 advocating an aggressive new policy including the removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, and the containment of Syria by engaging in proxy warfare and highlighting their possession of “weapons of mass destruction”.
wL5a1 TIL in 2001, drug kingpin El Chapo escaped from prison in a dirty laundry basket. After bribing multiple guards, he was wheeled out of prison hidden inside it. The escape allegedly cost him over $2.5m. Over 70 guards were implicated including the warden, who's now in prison for the part he played.
dVdQ TIL that actually 26% of lesbians are obese, compared to 17 per cent of straight women.