› added 2 days ago

4

TIL G. K. Chesterton loved to engage in friendly public debates with such men as George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells and Bertrand Russell. According to his autobiography, he and Shaw played cowboys in a silent film that was never released.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

v18NK TIL that Milestii Mici is the biggest wine cellar in the world with a length of 200 kilometers. It is so big that to help visitors to not get lost, the tunnels have names like cities' names.
1k9P TIL that Teddy Roosevelt volunteered for service in World War I ten years after having served as U.S. president.
0d1pR TIL In 1994, Granger Washington approved the construction of a large cement dinosaur to attract tourists. The city adds a new dinosaur every year.
OoKE1 TIL The US Department of Agricultural uses M-44 "Cyanide Bombs" to control wildlife population
MeNrW TIL That Ernest Hemingway became paranoid and believed the FBI was spying on him. He was treated with electroshock. Turns out, he was really being spied on, and it was Edgard Hoover who personally placed him under surveillance.