› added 3 years ago

301

TIL the term "trickle-down economics was first introduced by a comedian named Will Rogers as a joke to criticize economic policies

Read more investopedia.com

via reddit.com

wLdg1 Today I learned that the three rulers of Great Britain , Russia, and Germany, respectively, were first cousins. Additionally, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, King George V of Britain were friends since childhood and were mistaken for each other because they looked so alike.
4kLN TIL : That the ancient Egyptians attempted to build a 110 meter long dam to control the Nile River - centuries before modern day Egypt tried it.
5VX48 TIL that journalist Martha Gellhorn hid in an Allied ship's bathroom and was the only woman to land in Normandy on D-Day
xVDZB TIL Guillermo Del Toro's "pale man" from Pan's Labyrinth represents "all institutional evil feeding on the helpless. He’s thriving now...these are pale man times"
lYPG TIL that the entire GoldenEye 007 game on N64 is only 12 MB.