› added 6 years ago

229

TIL MLK Jr. was only 39 years old when he was killed.

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

rNemW TIL the idiom "said the quiet part loud" originated from the Simpsons in 1995
loMrG TIL that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was expelled from the University of Colorado Boulder in his first year for hacking the university's computer system and sending prank messages through it.
boZQ [TIL] Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a written plea to Adolf Hitler asking him to stop Germany’s aggressive advances in Europe. Hitler responded with a televised conference mocking each point FDR made in a speech that lasted over 2 ½ hours.
W7OKo TIL that the recipe "Engagement chicken" got its name after Kathy Suder and later several of her co-workers received engagement proposals after serving it to their boyfriends.
R7nl6 TIL that Iceland's goalkeeper earns most of his money as a filmmaker. Saving penalties from Messi is just a hobby.