› added 8 years ago

153

TIL that the original London bridge is now located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

D1x0V TIL during the Tehran Conference, Stalin proposed over a dinner the execution of 50,000 to 100,000 German officers to prevent Germany from starting another war. Roosevelt, thinking Stalin was joking, said "49,000 would be enough." Churchill however was so enraged he stormed out of the room.
QLBk TIL in 1950, Pope Pius XII confirmed there was no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, and the Church supports the idea of theistic evolution.
E1vr7 TIL Newspaper cleans windows better than microfiber rags and paper towels!
1L18 TIL that notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was not executed via capital punishment, but rather beaten to death in prison by a fellow inmate.
D4KV TIL the original constitution of Oregon had a “whites only” clause. All slaves were freed and then all black people were ordered to leave the state.