› added 11 years ago

136

TIL despite winning four Superbowls, Joe Montana holds virtually no regular season quarterback records

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

KYE6Q TIL The Magdalen Islands in Canada remained under French control since 1591 when French sailors discovered walrus there and settled. With Native support, the French were victorious against English who wanted to possess the islands and colonization projects were unsuccessful
a580 TIL the illustrator of Animorphs cover didn’t read the books when he was working on them and has never contacted the author although she sent him Christmas presents with candy. Publishers discourage illustrators from developing relations with authors
R77x4 TIL Europeans evolved white skin in the last 8,000 years.
MeQeA TIL San Diego hired a rainmaker to fix its drought in 1916. The floods that followed were the most devastating in the city's history.
dDMW9 TIL "Champing at the bit" is the original, technically correct turn of phrase while "chomping at the bit" is a newer, now acceptable variation