› added 12 years ago

92

TIL The actress who played “Buffy” on the show 1960’s show Family Affair died of a drug overdose; one of the most severe the coroner had ever seen

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

46VJ TIL after Nat King Cole moved to an affluent L.A. neighborhood a burning cross was left in his yard. Afterwards, his homeowners association told him they didn’t want undesirables moving in. Cole retorted, “Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I’ll be the first to complain.”
9YDlm TIL that out at sea, a tsunami is only about a metre high, and could pass a boat without being noticed. As it approaches the shore, it’s the sudden deceleration from about 800km/h to 50km/h which creates the immense wave
VMMR4 TIL of Mary Sweeney who was arrested more than 100 times in Wisconsin in the 1890s for breaking windows while using cocaine.
orgR TIL that electricity prices can drop below zero in Europe
78npb TIL the life expectancy of people with down syndrome has risen from 25 years old in 1983 to 60 years old today.