› added 12 years ago

202

TIL A black community in OH went 50 years without running water…until one day, a white family moved in.

Read more content.time.com

via reddit.com

4ZPg TIL in 1990 an unemployed Frenchman, André Gardes, attempted to annex the tiny British island of Sark with a semi-automatic rifle. When a member of the local constabulary complimented his weapon Gardes showed him the rifle, the constable took it and arrested him.
KOPkB TIL a young Tina Fey provided voices for a pinball machine called Medieval Madness in 1997 as two princesses, the dialogue for the game was written by future 30 Rock co-star Scott Adsit
R5ag7 TIL that between 1760 and 1860, college riots included Harvard's "Great Butter Rebellion" of 1766, which got the entire sophomore class expelled (some, like Ralph Waldo Emerson, were allowed to return). In Yale riots between 1843 and 1858, students stabbed or shot tutors and firefighters.
5YDVk TIL Black Raspberries aren't blackberries. Blackberries have a torus (stem) in them while Black Raspberries are hollow and sweeter
b6GPj TIL about the "GTA flu". This phenomenon occurs when a new game from a popular franchise is released and many people call in sick to their jobs to be able to buy and play the new game.