› added 4 months ago

10

TIL that Louis Joseph Xavier, a French prince, died after developing an injury from a fall that turned fatal. Louis said that he developed his injury after being pushed by a playmate, but he refused to say who pushed him so they would not be punished. He was only 9 years old.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ANRdl TIL that the Wizard of Oz (1939) popularized Green Witches
dDRl7 TIL babies are allowed in the Canadian parliament chamber.
0oKL TIL Russia is opening a “Military Disneyland” that will allow guests to shoot military grade weapons and try out various military simulators.
P1YEL TIL in 1993, college basketball coach Bob Knight invented a fictitious player named Ivan Renko to expose disreputable basketball recruiting experts. Sure enough, the "experts" began listing Renko as a prospect and some even claimed to have footage of the nonexistent player.
j6ZVa TIL: OSAM-1 is a NASA spacecraft designed to test on-orbit refueling of satellites. Its launch is currently planned for no earlier than 2025. Its first objective would be the complex refueling of Landsat 7, an existing satellite launched in 1999.