› added 7 months ago

364

TIL that George Washington had two stepchildren but no biological children

Read more slate.com

via reddit.com

yVPyv TIL that the American expression "boondocks" comes from the Tagalog word bundók (mountain)
QNrrk Today I learned that U.S. Government currently stores 1.4 billion lbs of cheese in caves hundreds of feet below Missouri
DZ4D TIL that Namibia auctioned off the rights to kill a rare black rhino for $350,000; the rhino was too old to breed and could’ve endangered other members of the herd.
0wODA TIL 11 Different Versions of Captain America's To-Do List Appeared in Various International Releases of Captain America: The Winter Soldier; the German One Included Currywurst
N7LL6 TIL Photoshop 1.0 was released on February 19, 1990 for Macintosh exclusively at a price of $895. At the time of release, it cost around $300 an hour for basic photo retouching. Photoshop became available for Microsoft Windows in 1993 where it would reach global audiences within a few years.