› added 13 years ago

194

TIL The light we see from the north star was emitted in the year 1583.

Read more wiki.answers.com

via reddit.com

69B1Z TIL The Steve Wilkos Show is still on the air, and he's hosted almost as many episodes (2,964) as Jerry Springer hosted of his show (3,146)
E1Orw TIL smoking causes one out of every five deaths in the United States, killing more people than alcohol, car accidents, HIV, guns, and illegal drugs COMBINED.
VM1Vm TIL the man who voiced Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh" was the first to invent an artificial heart
YpwL7 TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote and illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his kids every year from 1920 to 1943
0dmZj TIL that the romanian singer Dan Spătaru, holds the record for the longest crowd applause - 16 minutes and 19 seconds.