› added 3 months ago

16

TIL that Kobe Bryant's Middle Name Is Bean

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ep0Ab TIL The Mapuche of South America were one of the very tribes successfully resisting Spanish control, staying independent for over 300 years. They called the Spaniards "New Incas", because the successfully resisted the Incan Empire as well. They were only subjugated in 1883
VMP78 TIL that William Francis Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah and tortured for 15 months, forcing him to reveal a network of agents, who then were killed or disappeared.
wLMwW TIL that The word ‘oxymoron’ is itself an oxymoron. This is because it derives from Ancient Greek where ‘oxy’ means ‘sharp’ and ‘moros’ means ‘stupid’.
WkB4d TIL about Black July. On 24 July 1983, anti-Tamil rioting started in the capital Colombo in Sri lanka and spread to other parts of the country. Over 7 days, Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed thousands of Tamil targets. it is generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
eRv4 TIL that in Pennsylvania, local police are not allowed to use radar guns