› added 11 years ago

90

TIL in 1919 Winston Churchill wrote “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.” He was referring to the war in Mesopotamia

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

a1oA TIL Winston Churchill smoked 8-10 cigars everyday. Legend has it that when meeting with foreign heads of state, Churchill would insert a straightened paper clip into his cigar to keep the ash from falling and unnerve the other man with the distractingly long ash.
d8Gpj TIL Operation Alaska, Finalaska or New Finland was a proposed plan to evacuate entire Finnish population (3.8 million) to Alaska during the WW2
GL7G TIL Tim Russ aka Star Treks Lt Tuvok was also the trooper in Spaceballs with the famous line “We aint found shit”
gr9oX TIL that Speed Of Gravity Is Equal To The Speed Of Light
RPKw TIL cats are incredibly intelligent animals, and can interpret a human’s mood and feelings - it’s just they usually don’t care.