› added 8 years ago

399

TIL Suzanne Somers lost her part on Threes Company because she wanted a raise

Read more today.com

via reddit.com

lonmG TIL Finland trains elite soldiers in Lapland in preparation for a future war with neighbouring Russia. The two countries share an 833 mile border and were in conflict during WWII.
bgeZ TIL members of the Nation of Islam believe white people were created a few thousand years ago by an evil black scientist named Yakub
WgZB TIL a Marine horse named “Reckless” carried 9000lbs of ammo on her own during one battle in Korea, received 2 purple hearts, and was promoted to Staff Sergeant with a 19 gun salute.
a8np0 TIL about the "sleeping child" doctrine in North Africa stating some fetus have been made to "sleep", thereby making pregnancy longer than usual and explaining how divorced or separated women still had children from their husbands
6EYRm TIL, Venus is the only planet that rotates around the sun in a clockwise pathway. All planets, when observed from the North Pole are seen to be rotating around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction on their elliptical orbits. Venus is observed to rotate in a clockwise manner.