› added 1 year ago

48

TIL Columbus used foreknowledge of the 1504 lunar eclipse to convince indigenous Jamaicans to support him

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7xBL TIL Tim Curry was an avid horticulturist, even planting a garden for his famous friend Freddie Mercury.
X0Lpj TIL that Brazil's obsession with plastic surgery stems (for a large part) from the efforts of plastic surgeon Ivan Pitanguy to made it free. His "right to beauty"' campaign was influenced by his treatment of the many burned victims of the Niterói circus fire (17/12/1961).
p8eE4 TIL John Adams called Christianity a "fresh revelation" but if there was no Heaven; his advice to every man, woman, and child would be to take opium.
M65V TIL Norman Rockwell’s painting “People Reading Stock Exchange” has a man with three legs. Rockwell didn’t notice this until it was pointed out years later.
699EW TIL early versions of the Pomeranian were larger and were used as sled dogs. Over time they were bred to be smaller and were used as companion dogs instead. This increasingly occurred after Queen Victoria became fond of this breed.