› added 8 years ago

188

TIL The United States Constitution is the only constitution from the 18th century that’s still in use.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

YE1W TIL “SOS” does not actually stand for anything; “save our souls” or “save our ships” are just simply misinterpreted backronyms. SOS was simply chosen for its convenient communication.
78Ldr TIL that the Confederacy bordered a Habsburg Mexican empire controlled by France
4krVb TIL that the term and concept of "jay-walking" was introduced in the 1920's by the auto industry as part of a propaganda campaign to claim the roads for cars and shift the blame in accidents from cars to pedestrians. At the time "Jay" was a slur with a similar meaning to "redneck" or "hillbilly."
8eAJa TIL a banana is a berry
a8ew0 TIL Originally the past participle was hoist and not hoisted as in "he was hoist with his own petard"