› added 2 years ago

62

TIL although French toast was a popular dish generally served in U.S. railway dining cars in the early and mid-20th century, the Santa Fe Railway was especially known for it. Most of the railroads provided recipes for these and other dining car offerings to the public as a promotional feature.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

awZnb TIL of Ishmael LaBeet, who was convicted of murdering 8 in the US Virgin Islands in 1972. Still in custody, he hijacked the plane that was transferring him to a mainland US prison in 1984 and rerouted to Cuba, where he has lived ever since.
54Vn TIL The letter R is one of the last sounds to be developed in English possibly because children aren’t always certain what people are doing to produce the sound
0d9nL TIL the Church of Sweden has elections for its synodical assembly, open to all of its members. Political parties are represented in this administration.
l7ZY5 TIL bout Yasuke, Japan's first Black samurai, who served under the legendary warlord Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century.
nWmJB TIL that there is a species of frog called the "purple frog" that spends most of its life underground and only emerges for a few days each year to breed during the monsoon season.