› added 8 years ago

166

TIL that in 1348 the Scots invaded the English because they were weakened by the plague. The Scots subsequently caught the plague themselves, went back to Scotland, and killed their own population

Read more thenational.scot

via ift.tt

PB1n TIL that the former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, spoke to a group of fourth graders and when asked about his hobbies, he said “Drinking Bombay Sapphire Gin”. When questioned about the statement, he replied with “If they didn’t want the answer, the kid shouldn’t have asked the question.”
l70X5 TIL: America’s Nuclear Sponge. Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado contain the nuclear silos that would be a primary target of WW3.
4exJ TIL that there is evidence to suggest that the reason Asian cultures are typically more skilled at maths than non-Asian cultures is not due to intelligence, but to the nature of their languages.
kOmLB TIL that OJ Simpsons was originally cast to play Terminator, but James Cameron didn't think OJ would be believable as a killer.
GmGQ TIL King James VI of Scotland was so notorious for not reading official papers before signing them, his court jester was able to get him to sign his own abdication papers, making his jester King for 15 days.