› added 12 years ago

91

TIL the name Vanessa was invented by writer Jonathan Swift in 1713 as a nickname for his lover Esther Vanhomrigh.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rREdd TIL that on Fleetwood Mac's 1971 tour, one of their guitarists left to "get a magazine" and never came back. When he was found a few days later, he had joined a cult and quit the band.
pLLO TIL: A Gurkha, armed only with a knife, fought off 40 men trying to assault an 18 year old girl, killing several.
y8GV TIL Hitler gave orders to destroy Paris on the eve of the allied liberation in 1944 but the Nazi General in command deliberately ignored the order
vP50j TIL that Margaret Thatcher's son was heavily involved in financing an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea
6rJJ TIL Soaking up grease from a slice of pizza with a napkin saves you about 40 calories.