› added 8 months ago

30

TIL that Matt Groening's parents' names in real life were Marge and Homer

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ayML TIL Despite of being an ordained minister in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Fred Rogers never talked about religion on television or on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
0LwR TIL that the only woman who served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during World War II, carried hundreds of men off the battlefield and was seriously wounded three times, received the highest award in the Soviet Union only in 1990, 45 years after the end of the war.
BgrYy TIL McDonald's was 90% owner of Chipotle restaurants until 2006 when they sold their shares for $1.5 Billion. Today Chipotle is worth over $35 Billion and among the 500 most valuable companies on earth. Part of the reason for the sale was disagreement over adding drive thrus to Chipotle locations.
BrmZW TIL there is a vagina extender used to customize penetration depth
woZo6 TIL that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded by a comedian. He was struggling financially and vowed that if he ever became successful, he’d build a shrine to the patron saint of hopeless causes.