› added 5 years ago

363

TIL the famous WW2 song (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover is false, because bluebirds are only native to the Americas

Read more musictales.club

via reddit.com

mblE TIL that the motto of the British Royal Family, “Dieu et mon droit”, refers to their claim that they have a divine right to rule the country of France.
jLYn TIL if conditions aren’t right tadpoles remain tadpoles until conditions improve even living through winters in their ponds
d8X7d TIL that skyscrapers are designed to last at least 500 years on average, and are engineered to withstand catastrophic weather events occurring once every 50 years
Ga7N TIL Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) threatened to quit instead of removing or modification of his new black character, at a time (1968) when keeping the staus quo would’ve been much easier.
1ador TIL that Repairs on Benjamin Franklin’s old London house turned up 1200 pieces of bone from at least 15 people.