› added 5 years ago

237

TIL Business Insider ranks US only at 58th in list of countries in the world with the most freedom.

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

bVdN TIL According to the Geneva Convention, knowingly firing at a medic wearing clear insignia is a war crime
8Y4P TIL Everest is not the furthest point from the Earth’s center. It’s a volcano in Ecuador called Chimborazo due the Earth being wider at the equator.
dr8r TIL a third of Harvard undergraduates are Jews, who only make up 3% of the U.S. population. 17% of Harvard undergraduates are Asians, who only comprise 4% of the population.
mxDny TIL Las Fallas is an annual Festival in Valencia, Spain. The monuments that are built represent satiric scenes in order to criticise popular aspects of the society such as politics and the current social situation. The Fallas then are burnt at the final event called "la cremá"
EgQWx TIL Helen Keller was as a cofounder of the ACLU