› added 5 months ago

23

TIL: Sally Hemings was 16 years old when she gave to her first child with 51 year old Thomas Jefferson.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0nZk TIL that Phillip J. Fry wasn't named in honor of Phil Hartman after all like Billy West once said, but after Matt Groening's father, Homer Phillip Groening. One in his children is also called Phillip.
gM00A Today I learned jacksepticeye’s outro has someone singing “I’m everywhere” in it
gMLL4 TIL about the "Super Guppy," an oddly-shaped, massive plane designed for transporting really really large cargo (rocket parts). Five were built, and they look kind of like flying beluga whales.
W7wDN TIL 95% of built spaces are considered Vernacular architecture. Vernacular architecture uses local tradition, adaption, and materials rather than a formal architectural style.
EgMBd TIL the Fermi Paradox arose as part of a casual conversation in the 1950s when Enrico Fermi asked "But where is everybody?" referring to extraterrestrial life