› added 11 years ago

94

TIL that the first foreigner to become a samurai was an african slave.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

1a5R8 TIL Michael Jackson tried to have Eminem's 'Just Lose It' video taken down due to a diss. Jackson bought the rights to all of Eminem's works and Sony just only reclaimed the rights in 2016
Opb7 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.”
VBQRZ TIL that the world's largest Singer Sewing Machine factory in yhe world was in Clydebank Scotland
4X4Ng TIL of Chess Boxing where fighters switch between boxing and playing chess. Fighters win: by knockout, by checkmate, by the judge’s decision, or if the opponent exceeds the time limit.
neJnW TIL- The 8th U.S President Martin Van Buren never once mentioned his wife in his 800 page autobiography.