› added 9 years ago

66

TIL that Gibralter overwhelmingly voted out to not be a Spanish sovereignty twice.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8e8ML TIL: Fukushima Ind. hat a shortlived mascot named "Fukuppy", a portmanteau of Fukushima and Happy
gMje4 TIL that a lot of popular music from the 60s to the 90s are well known by Generations X, Y and Millennials but are not recognized by most Gen Z which shows a generation gap when it comes to music.
Z8oBD TIL the last guy to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) was Yukio Mishima in 1970. He was a japanese nationalist author, actor and director who had his own milita and tried to stage a oup d'état by taking over the armed forces heaquaters. He killed himself in the commandants office when it failed.
YG0G TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited theatrical release nearly four decades after its premiere, making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
b9D4N TIL there's a near perfectly preserved 17th Century Swedish galleon in a Stockholm museum