› added 1 year ago

68

TIL the reason the Chicago World’s Fair buildings don’t exist anymore is that they were made of [fortified] Plaster of Paris

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

MkeK TIL that Terminator x the DJ for Public Enemy retired to run an ostrich farm
DQoDD TIL that bed bugs have no courtship rituals. What they have, instead, is a type of mating behavior called traumatic insemination.
rRmQ4 TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900...
1nYV TIL English verbs used to have a “frequentative” form, which gave us words like “batter” from “bat”, “dazzle” from “daze”, and “trample” from “tramp”
6ElaX TIL that one of the qualifications required to be elected President of Afghanistan is to not have been convicted of crimes against humanity