Home
Random
Trending
Today
22
posts added
Search
› added
4 years ago
159
TIL Germany still pays pensions to Nazy veterans.
Read more
theguardian.com
via
reddit.com
y6m8
TIL the US government killed an estimated 10,000 people by intentionally poisoning alcohol during prohibition
4XbOo
TIL that the "vocalizations" for Chewbacca were inspired by a sad walrus in an emptied out pool.
ep95
TIL there is a drug called disulfuram that is used to treat alcoholism that will make you very physically ill if you consume even a drop of alcohol.
gr6B8
TIL: India has a payment system that is fast, small shopkeepers to large corporations use it and is replacing cash, called the UPI.
KEBw
TIL When Chuck Palahniuk attempted to publish his second novel, Invisible Monsters, publishers rejected it for its disturbing content. This led him to work on his most famous novel, Fight Club, which he wrote as an attempt to disturb the publisher even more for rejecting him.