› added 9 years ago

66

TIL That Victoria Sponge Cake was actually named after Queen Victoria and contains extra fat.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

69B4Z TIL that the top of Mount Chimborazo is farther from the Earth's center than Mount Everest
rO0w TIL Tim Allen was arrested in an airport at the age of 25 for possession of 650 grams of cocaine, and avoided a life sentence by providing names of other dealers.
VBOK4 TIL Mercedes Benz, the flagship car brand of the Nazis, was named after a Jewish girl, who's grandfather was a well regarded rabbi and intellectual in the Jewish community in Vienna.
nWXE7 TIL Avicii didn't sing "Wake Me Up", Aloe Blacc is the actual singer
oa7r TIL that Freud actually named the id, the ego and the superego the It, the I and the Over-I, which were more or less self-explanatory, but his translator latinized them, making them less accessible.