› added 12 years ago

70

TIL that Queen Elizabeth still keeps a diamond stolen from India in her crown and it’s one of the largest diamonds in the world

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

wl1Y TIL the County of Los Angeles in California asked for computer manufacturers to stop using “master” and “slave” terminology because it was politically incorrect.
DMep TIL that Turkey violated Greek airspace no less than 2244 times in 2014
l7nra TIL that when a massive star goes supernova, it produces a flash of light so bright that can equal the combined light of every other star in the galaxy. One such event happened in 1054, it was so bright the light was visible during the day for a month and was still visible for 2 years afterwards.
9wVPp TIL that reading articles and news involving traumatic events can cause something caused vicarious trauma, which is like a form of PTSD but from second-hand experience.
kaQd TIL That a would-be suicide bomber was killed after a spam text message set off his explosives