› added 11 months ago

58

TIL that Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher, was exiled for claiming the moon was just a rock, not a deity.

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

j6Z0n Til there are more then 20 Sovereign states in the North America
yV0YV TIL The concept of 1st, 2nd & 3rd World country was purely Geopolitical and had nothing to do with its economy.
jNLyM TIL We tip more when we get a mint with our restaurant bill because we are victims of a marketing trick known as Reciprocity.
x6lag TIL of Edward The Black Prince of England who would defeat the French at the Battle of Crecy aged 16, nine years later he would capture 50 French towns during a raid, when the French refused to meet him in battle.
xVv50 TIL there are more libraries than McDonald's in the United States, and over half of adults have library cards