› added 12 years ago

118

Announcement: TIL has reached 3 million people.

Read more reddit.com

via reddit.com

KyEw TIL the man who tried to save Abraham Lincoln went mentally insane and tried to kill his family.
yQepe TIL that horses actually put out up to 15 horsepower, and also that humans put out a little above 1 horse power.
EyQd TIL Rob Riggle, (SNL, The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, etc…) is a retired US Marine Lt. Colonel, serving his country for 23 years, deploying to Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan.
VMypB TIL That Berlin was split into four zones, after WWII, but the city remained completely enclosed in the Soviet Russian Zone of Germany. Access for the three other countries (USA, Britain + France) was, for a time, by plane over hostile territory.
l7GWV TIL that the founder of audio electronics manufacturer Bose donated most of his shares to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is now the company’s majority shareholder.