› added 11 months ago

97

TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa was almost destroyed in WW2 but spared because of how beautiful it is

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

wLPdE TIL the premiere episode of Doctor Who was preempted for five minutes by the just-breaking news that American President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
W7Ev8 TIL that over 95% of farm raised salmon are deaf
n7B7 TIL The majority of female koalas suffer from a sexually transmitted bacterial infection called chlamydia. This problem is aggravated by the fact that in captivity female koalas often engage in lesbian behaviour
WwrN TIL That the walls of Constantinople were so massive, Attila the Hun took one look at them and turned around.
d8EW8 TIL of Alan Pollock, a former RAF pilot who, in 1968, flew a Hawker Hunter jet fighter through London's Tower Bridge to protest the Ministry of Defence's failure to commemorate the RAF's 50th anniversary.