› added 13 years ago

112

TIL That the smell of rain is caused by a bacteria

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Bgd0e TIL there was a 73 year old British Commando fighting in North Africa in WW2
rvle TIL: That the only woman ever in history to obtain a 10th degree black belt in Judo did so at the age of 97. She also continued teaching Judo 3x a week until she died at 99
GYye4 TIL the slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering campaign in 1985 targeted at "bubbas in pickup trucks" who littered beer cans out of their vehicles and ordinary Texans who believed that littering was a "God-given right".
j6p9E TIL Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. Their first Thanksgiving was in 1578, whereas the US's was 43 years later in 1621
69oGm TIL that James Cameron offered Matt Damon 10% of "Avatar," which would've earned the actor over $250 million.