› added 10 years ago

65

TIL: The familiar “Michelin Man” mascot was created in 1894 and he is named Bibendum. Although tires today are black, prior to 1912 they were beige or all-white, hence the mascot being white.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

yVZMa TIL: On the first British Embassy to China in 1793, the Chinese spoke fluent Latin to the ambassadors because the last time the Chinese interacted with Europe was during Roman times
QNrKM TIL After the battle of Sedan, over 100,000 French soldiers were captured, including Emperor Napoleon III himself, but he headed to a "comfortable captivity" while his soldiers were left starving in makeshift POW camps. On hearing the news, Napoleon's wife asked "why didn't he kill himself?"
bYp7 TIL There Have Only Been 3 Perfect Games in Putt-Putt Professional Golfers Association (PPPGA) History
1aP1P TIL Bayer (The same one that makes Aspirin) discovered,produced, and sold Heroin in 1898.
6EOEw TIL of Roy Benavidez. Whilst deployed in Vietnam, he responded to a distress call and jumped out of a helicopter with a medical bag, armed with only a knife. After a 6-hour fight with the enemy battalion, he had a total of 37 separate bullet, bayonet, and shrapnel wounds. He saved at least 8 men.