› added 1 year ago

38

TIL today marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide, when 1 million people were killed in 100 days

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

4w8g TIL that London has so many trees that it can be classified as a forest
D1n6J TIL the animatronic whales used in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" were so believable that Paramount Studios got angry letters from people who thought they got dangerously close to real whales to film them.
nWXrG TIL: Secretariat was given the rare honor of being buried whole - normally, just the head, heart, and hooves are laid to rest.
NX7D8 TIL Kids Not Only Have the Constitutional Right to Not Participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, But Remain Seated
4X9Da TIL that in earlier cuts of The Lion King, Simba was raised by Scar after Mufasa's death.