› added 6 years ago

107

TIL that while the fictional Jon Snow knew nothing, the microbiologist John Snow traced the outbreak of cholera to Soho, London, in 1854, and inspired the overhaul of waste management systems around the world.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Z8PyD TIL in the 1940s and 50s MIT scientists fed unsuspecting boys oatmeal laced with radioactive materials at a school for mentally disabled and abandoned boys
OoxW4 TIL Roberto Esquivel Cabrera has a penis measuring a colossal 18.9 inches. Doctors examined Cabrera’s penis, and found the bulk of his penis is foreskin. The glands themselves are only six to seven inches from the pubice. They say he has been stretching his penis with weights since his teens.
YpXKA TIL that the woman who accused 14 y.o. Emmett Till of flirting with her admitted that she lied 62 years later. Till was brutally lynched by the woman’s husband and his cousin based on her accusation. Images of his mutilated body are credited with sparking the Civil Rights movement.
BrK4e TIL in 1867, after NYC firemen sent a fire engine/fire gears for use by Columbia, South Carolina which was razed by fire in the Civil War, the state promised to return favor “should misfortune ever befall the Empire City.” After 9/11, Columbia sent a fire ladder truck to FDNY as a gesture from 1867.
5Y9DP TIL about The Soft Serve Wars of 2017 where two New York ice-cream vendors competed for turf. Mister Softee hired a detective agency to spy on rival --New York City Ice-cream. NYCIC were notorious for telling Mister Softee employees “there will be problems” if they venture onto their alleged turf.