› added 3 weeks ago

5

TIL that Hans Christian Andersen frequently accompanied his younger Danish friends to Paris brothels, where, while his companions "amused themselves", he talked to the sex workers

Read more visithcandersdk

via reddit.com

neoWG TIL in 1981, George Lucas sold the rights to a radio version of Star Wars to USC for $1 that became the 5hr 57min Star Wars radio drama that was broadcast on NPR
M7ZDB TIL Pasquale Buzzelli Survived a 22-Story Free Fall During the 9/11 North Tower Collapse
gXZb TIL there were seven fabled cities of gold, not just El Dorado
R7mew TIL the CIA declassified a document where a subject found and gave the exact coordinates to underground USSR facility while Astral Projecting
N7Bm1 TIL powerful people are indeed more likely to take candy from a baby according to several studies. Researches at Berkeley believe power has a somewhat dehumanizing effect on people, and the powerful are more self-focused and less empathetic.