› added 7 years ago

67

TIL in 2013 when Ed Sheeran's "The A Team" received a Grammy nomination Elton John tried to get Ed a performance slot at the award show, but was told he was not high-profile enough. Elton decided to perform with Ed to solve the problem.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

RBel TIL that trains in Japan are so punctual that delays of as little as five minutes will lead to issuance of a ‘delay certificate’ for passengers affected by lateness, who can then produce it to their superiors at school or work and is considered as a valid reason for reporting late.
6bm8 TIL the highest paid across all U.S. Department of Defense employees are three football coaches of the service branch teams
16gV7 TIL a member of Michigan's State House of Representatives tried to cover up an affair with another member of the House by having his staff spread the rumor he had sex with a male prostitute. He was later charged with 4 felonies over the incident
ZKeQ TIL that one quarter of Russian men die before the age of 55. Vodka is attributed to the majority of these deaths.
kJGr5 TIL that the first nuclear reactor explosion happened in 1952 in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. Nine years before the Argonne reactor and twenty-seven years before Three Mile Island. The second also occurred at Chalk River, in 1958.