› added 8 years ago

461

TIL an average NFL game has just 11 minutes of play

Read more sportsgrid.com

via ift.tt

d80jK TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, lost her virginity at a cemetery where she would secretly meet her future husband. After Shelley died, her family searched her desk and they found a copy of a poem written by her deceased husband, along with some of his ashes and the remains of his heart.
lXLr TIL when Soviet Minister Molotov stated that the cluster bombs being dropped on Finland were actually food, the Finns began sarcastically calling the bombs “Molotov bread baskets,” which they responded to with their own “Molotov cocktails,” as “a drink to go with the food.”
QJA8d TIL that in 1982, Zimbabwe passed a law banning citizens from making jokes about the surname of the President, Canaan Banana.
wLYJ1 TIL It is approximated that there are twice as many non-native speakers of English than native speakers. As a result, though Mandarin has the largest number of native speakers, English has the largest total number of speakers as well as largest number of non-native speakers.
MxeK TIL Wade Hampton III allegedly killed 80 black bears using only a knife. He would corner the bear, make it charge then dart to the side and stab it in the heart.