› added 9 months ago

183

TIL about Jeannette Rankin, the first women in congress, and the only member who voted against going to war with Japan after Pearl Harbor

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

4kDjX TIL the most common threshold for megafauna is as low as 45kg/100lb
KORxB TIL more than 618,000 Americans died in the US Civil War. From 1861 to 1865, it is estimated that 620,000 to 750,000 soldiers died
RMml TIL the collective term for cardinals (the bird) is a Vatican
W76AN TIL there's a Bob's Big Boy statue in the middle of a field near Cody, Wyoming
jNnbE TIL Emma Watson and JK Rowling first met in 2001 when Watson was cast to play Hermione Granger. The pair have remained close friends following the release of the final Harry Potter film in 2011 and Watson even interviewed Rowling for Wonderland Magazine in 2014