› added 7 years ago

507

Short answer: Sure, it happens all the time

Read more popsci.com

eE5k TIL that “jaywalking” used to be the normal thing to do - automobile companies invented the term to shame people off the road to make room for cars (and car sales).
RaN6 TIL the news of Chris Beniots wife’s death was reported on Wikipedia hours before her body was discovered.
78Enx TIL that "re-elected" Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro worked as a bus driver before joining politics
0d1JM TIL in 1831 four countries claimed a new island in the Mediterranean that disappeared again only six months later
J1g1k TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm