› added 1 year ago

233

TIL after the beheading of Charles I in 1649 England became a republic. His son, Charles II, was crowned king by the Scots but he was exiled to France for his safety. He was invited to London in 1660 and restored his father's throne.

Read more royal.uk

via reddit.com

oG9r TIL that survival rates for cardiac arrests in the US are a low 8% with many survivors having disabilities. Though some US TV shows have incorrectly portrayed them at 67%
Z88B TIL Public school teachers are almost twice as likely to send their kids to private schools, and the number of teachers choosing private schools is upwards of 40% in some urban areas (Philadelphia, Cincinnati)
GbR1 TIL there is a garbage swirl in the ocean the size of Texas.
85BX TIL that after the 1628 Batavia disaster, two dutch sailors were left to die in Australia…or so everyone thought. A century later, British settlers found unusually light-skinned Aborigines in the area that suggest the two marooned sailors may have actually thrived instead.
nWxjG TIL the earliest known public museum existed in Neo-Babylon, 500BC