› added 4 years ago

74

TIL that the 1968 Flu pandemic killed over 1 million people

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

X0wx6 TIL to mark 10 years of North Korean-UK relations, 'Bend it like Beckham' was broadcast on state TV becoming the first-ever Western-made film to air on television in North Korea.
LQdyd TIL Lyndon B Johnson worked 18-20 hour days without breaks, smoked heavily, and used his knowledge of every senator's ambitions, hopes, and tastes to his advantage in securing votes. As a congressman, he was the most powerful majority leader in American history.
6ZRw TIL: a detailed study of the world’s economies predicts that there will be no European countries in the G8 by 2050
69mVX TIL That there have been some really bizarre reality TV concepts over the years, nobody was really interested in them though.
LkNgp TIL of the wreck of the slave ship L'Utile which in 1761 crashed into Tromelin Island near Madagascar, an island without animals or trees. 60 Slaves were left behind. FIFTEEN YEARS later the survivors were rescued – seven women and an eight-month-old child.