› added 3 years ago

87

TIL: The exact origin of the hamburger is unknown and stories range from it starting in Germany (the city of Hamburg) to a cook name Old Dave in Texas.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

loaeG TIl Benjamin Kyle is the only American citizen officially listed as missing dispute his whereabouts being known
d8yej TIL Syphilis used to be treated by infecting people with malaria to induce a fever. While about 15% of patients died from malaria, this was preferable to the almost-certain death from syphilis
OGx9Y TIL Brooke Shields played a 12 year old prostitute and filmed nude scenes in the 1978 film, Pretty Baby
KOOY9 TIL that TBS speeds up shows almost 10 percent to fit more ads into each timeslot
eGlJ TIL a group of grown men made a shot-by-shot remake of an iCarly episode. Seemingly, for no reason whatsoever.