› added 3 years ago

95

TIL that Mario Andretti is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, and the Formula One World Championship

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

MDL7 TIL that author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
oRVdR TIL that court dwarfs were strategically positioned next to the king or queen during public appearances and ceremonies, which, due to their small stature, had the effect of visually enhancing the monarch's presence. They were owned, traded, and delivered as gifts to kings and queens.
b91wZ TIL of fascist-era Italian officer Rodolfo Graziani, known for his ruthless treatment of civilians in Africa. Ethiopia's government attempted to have him tried, but were blocked by the British and Italian governments. He was sentenced by an Italian Court for Nazi collaboration but this was commuted.
d0Vr TIL Men have nipples because mammary cells are formed in the embryo before the Y chromosome determines that the embryo is a male.
0w9Ny TIL that the reason some dinosaurs were able to get so large was that they had "air sacks" in and around their bones, which prevented them from being crushed under their own weight and allowing them to grow to enormous sizes.