› added 10 months ago

48

TIL the Moolah Shriners are freemasons

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rXyO TIL Frederick the Great, Prussian Monarch from 1740 to 1786, known for his tactical genius on the battlefield, is considered by historians to be primarily homosexual in orientation. Following a demoralizing defeat, he wrote "Fortune has it in for me; she is a woman, and I am not that way inclined."
6EQwl TIL of the F-11 Tiger, which during flight tests managed to shoot itself down with 20mm rounds fired from his own cannon
l7jL5 TIL when people are asked to pick a “random number between 1 and 100,” the most common answer is 37
rReO1 TIL Steve Carrell’s reaction to his goodbye song in S7 E21 “Michael’s Last Dundies” was completely genuine and the cast rehearsed the song without him knowing.
6E1bm TIL about Phantom vibration syndrome other AKA fauxcellarm and phonetom