› added 10 months ago

114

TIL during WWII Minority U.S. Soldiers Were Picked For Mustard Gas Experiments

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

NXwVM TIL that the character 'Sheen Estevez' from Jimmy Neutron was initially intended to be of Japanese descent.
Gjdg TIL Hans Christian Andersen struck a friendship with Charles Dickens but wore out his welcome when his visit to Dickens’ home stretched out to five weeks
laVr TIL cats can become addicted to tuna and refuse to eat anything else. Veterinarians refer to these cats as ‘tuna junkies.’
16ZgD TIL that Mark Yavorsky, the inspiration behind Werner Herzog's film "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done," had erected a shrine to Herzog's "Aguirre, the Wrath of God." This concerned Herzog so much that the two never met again.
aly TIL on June 27, 1844, Mormon Founder Joseph Smith was murdered by an angry mob while he sat in a jail cell. The incident arose after Smith ordered the destruction of a news paper that exposed the fact he had married 8 already-married women.