› added 4 years ago

136

TIL Jimmy Carter is the only American president who was a motorcyclist

Read more eagleleather.com

via reddit.com

aw49N TIL Louis Braille was blinded as a boy when using an awl. At age 15, also using an awl, he invented a reading system for the blind. It was never adopted during his lifetime, but after his death it grew to worldwide popularity, and is now known as "braille".
oPPr TIL that the universe is an estimated 1.4 x 10^27 meters wide. There was an attempt to make 1.0 x10^27 one “Hellameter.” So it could be said that the universe was “Hella meters wide.”
e5V5 TIL pineapples were a status symbol in 18th century England. They were so expensive that you could rent them by the night and take them to parties with you.
wL9k1 TIL a “perfect” Ford Model T costs less than a new Mustang. The costliest specimen in 2020 sold for less than $25k.
GYR85 TIL 15 year old Kate Winslet began a romantic relationship and with 27 year old Stephen Tredre while working on a film. She cohabited with him in London until 1995. Winslet missed the premiere of Titanic to attend his funeral. In a 2008 interview, she said that she had never gotten over his death.