› added 2 years ago

137

TIL Pinball was illegal in Oakland until 2014.

Read more cbsnews.com

via reddit.com

0rDy TIL natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in Gabon, Africa. They operated for a few hundred thousand years and generated an average of 100kW of power.
awXkL TIL Disney started the myth that lemming commit suicide by forcing them off of a cliff
9wxjm TIL: Prior to 2005, Catholic cardinals participating in papal conclaves were housed in the Apostolic Palace, sleeping on cots in makeshift bedrooms in hallways or offices. Pope John II changed the rules for future conclaves, allowing participants to room in a nearby guest house.
m11My TIL Even though Graceland has been operating as a museum since 1982, Lisa Marie Presley retains 100% sole personal ownership of Graceland Mansion itself and its over 13-acre original grounds
QJkeE TIL that one of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier‘s famous quotes is “The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship” and after her husband John F Kennedy was assassinated she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis who is valued at $2.3 billion today