› added 7 years ago

326

TIL J.K. Rowling was the youngest self-made female billionaire

Read more telegraph.co.uk

via ift.tt

4XJg TIL George Takei wants Star Wars and Star Trek fans to come together and fight the Twilight menace.
LkAPZ TIL: A Harvard study found that graduate students are 3 time more likely to have depression than the average American. It suggest that this is due to doctoral students being overworked and underpaid and questioning "what is my purpose?"as most don't know when they have researched enough.
Z8VBD TIL Thomas Jefferson thought that a country's constitution should be rewritten every 19 years, holding the belief that the dead should not rule the living.
awAj9 TIL there is a berry when consumed will change your taste buds.it will make vinegar taste like apple juice and lemon and Tabasco taste like candy.
xGp7 TIL only 9 US military officers have held the 5-star rank. It was created during WW2 because US officers were often commanding allied officers of higher rank. A 5-star officer cannot retire and remains on active duty for life. It was retired in 1981 on the death of General Omar Bradley.