› added 12 years ago

242

TIL Joseph Stalin tried to have John Wayne assassinated.

Read more news.bbc.co.uk

via reddit.com

bpJZ TIL Since 1997, US elected officials are exempted from drug testing
OoLMR TIL, People who post their fitness routine to Facebook are more likely to have psychological problems.
kZ6W TIL that buying the Guy Fawkes “Anonymous” mask pays royalties to Time Warner, a nemesis of piracy.
dDwg9 TIL that women in ancient Egypt mixed acacia leaves with honey to make vaginal suppositories to prevent pregnancy.
XEZLj TIL: Beethoven was not a prodigy as Mozart was and had shown no special abilities or intelligence in his childhood. Even later in his twenties, when he moved to Vienna he had a late start, no report from his early days mentioning him as unique talent or a possible successor of Mozart, Haydn.