› added 1 year ago

61

TIL that China accounts for 80% of Buick's sales

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9YjEM TIL that the British folk hero king arthur actually fought against the English. In the tale of king Arthur, he is a general and king of the Britons, who were the native Celtic people of England. He fought against the Anglo Saxons, who would go on to beat the Britons and found the country of England.
4X9lR TIL in 1994 Jim Carrey starred in Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
QJdlX TIL Steven Seagal was choked unconscious and promptly lost bowel after proclaiming his Aikido training would render him immune to chokes.
neYjd TIL A man in Atlanta confounded doctors and specialists for over a year with a condition which did not respond to any therapies. After he mentioned that he played clarinet in a Dixieland jazz band, researchers examined his instrument and discovered Exophiala fungus inside his mouthpiece
Z86jR TIL Stalin's wife, Nadezhda, often argued with him, partly due to her desire to pursue a career, when he wanted her to have a domestic role. She later shot herself in the heart. Her death was announced as appendicitis, and her children were not told the truth of her death until years later.