› added 3 years ago

209

TIL A 2018 study found that half of US adults have had a close family member jailed

Read more bbc.co.uk

via reddit.com

LkoE9 TIL Magellan didn't circumnavigate the globe. Magellan only made it to the Philippines, where he started a battle and was killed by natives. It was one of his Captains — Juan Sebastián Elcano 1476 – 1526 — who actually completed the journey, yet historically has not received credit for his journey.
vP457 TIL: Domino's Pizza's famous "30 minutes or less" guarantee only ran for 9 years, from 1984 to 1993, but it had a tremendous impact on popular culture.
d8Nlj TIL the first white male rapper on MTV was 62 y/o Comedian Rodney Dangerfield and his song Rappin Rodney.
N7jA6 TIL that the success World War II fighter ace Douglas Bader was put down to him having lost his legs in an aerobatics accident before the war, which allowed him to pull higher g-forces in combat turns without blacking out.
R7dA8 TIL that the North Korean Embassy in London is situated within a residential area in a semi-detached seven-bedroom house