› added 7 years ago

121

TIL that John Rockefeller, “provided major funding for Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary in Atlanta for African-American women, which became Spelman College.”, was an ardent abolitionist, and donated in total $550 million of his 1910 dollars to universities, sciences, arts, and churches.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

RByQ TIL that women have lighter skin than men so that they can synthesize more Vitamin D when pregnant
ZEkB TIL that there is a small town outside Fort Worth, TX named White Settlement. In 2005, a record number of voters turned out to oppose changing the name to something less racist-sounding and then proceeded to call for the mayor’s resignation for even proposing the change.
b9LdQ TIL Martin Pistorius, a man who woke up from a 12 year coma during which he remembered everything that happened around him.
9YNNQ TIL a local Chinese man has prevented over 300 suicides from the Yangtze River Bridge. Chen Si visits the bridge every day and offers help to anyone in distress, including followup phone calls and even occasionally offering his spare bedroom.
1BMV TIL an ancient Persian poet recorded the fable of a King who challenged wise men to make him a ring that would make him both happy when he was sad and sad when he was happy. They succeeded by giving him a ring etched with the phrase “This Too Shall Pass.”