› added 4 years ago

61

TIL that an ocean quahog clam named Ming lived to 507 years old

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8a9eV TIL of the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the last known inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, the carving was done on the 24th August 394 when Egypt was under Roman control and mostly Christian.
0mo5 TIL The US has had a Native American vice president
p8jPA TIL of Marcario Garcia, a Mexican national in the US Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II. A month later a restaurant owner in Texas denied him service, beat him with a bat, and eventually filed charges against Marcario.
R7Qdw TIL Drew Carey had eye surgery in 2001 and no longer requires glasses but continues to wear them as part of his celebrity persona.
WPBo TIL barber Poles are are a legacy of the barber-surgeons’ practice of bloodletting. The red represented the blood, the white the bandages, and the blue the protruding veins. This double job was legal until 1745.