› added 10 years ago

129

TIL Mr. Rogers’ mother knitted every sweater he wore on the show.

Read more fredrogers.org

via reddit.com

Wk7OA TIL Life expectancy in Zimbabwe under President Mugabe fell from 62 years in 1990 to 36 in 2006
W7xwA TIL a 2019 study by Drexel University (in addition to many other studies) found that houseplants do not improve air quality or otherwise purify the air.
XlXr TIL An elite French Cavalry Unit was surrounded by the Russians who ordered them to Surrender at the Battle of Eylau in 1806. A french colonel retorted “Have a look at my men and tell me if they look like ones who want to surrender!”. They then Charged and hacked their way back to the French lines.
Z8E9Y Til that in 1950 a small town in Wisconsin staged a communist coup.
bRGN TIL Kraftwerk thanked Coldplay for asking if they could use one of their riffs by saying something like: ‘Yes, you can use it, and thank you very much for asking my permission, unlike that bastard Jay-Z’