› added 5 years ago

62

TIL the worlds largest shopping mall is located in Iran. Measuring at 21,000,000 sq ft.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

b6Xa0 TIL that Paul Rudd and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have co-owned Samuel's Sweet Shop in Rhinebeck, New York since 2014. They rescued the store from closure after the previous owner, a friend of theirs, passed away.
v1Jo8 TIL that Ronald Reagan was so indelibly type-cast as the 'great loser' in films that when Jack Warner, movie magnate and his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of California, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend."
j6ngX TIL that being "smooth brained" is an actual disorder called Lissencephaly, it's rare and results in a lot of problems, like seizures, severe mental/physical disabilities, and a much lower life expectancy, treatments have gotten better though
wLEb8 TIL Julie d'Aubigny was a 17th-century traveling swordswoman. Among her other exploits, when her female lover was sent to a convent, she also entered the convent, stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in her lover's bed, escaped with her lover and burnt the convent down.
b9ERj TIL that the term "OK" achieved national prominence in 1840, when Democrats claimed during the election that it stood for "Old Kinderhook," a nickname for incumbent President Van Buren. In response, Whig opponents attributed OK ("Oll Korrect," or all correct) to the bad spelling of Andrew Jackson.