› added 3 years ago

156

TIL 17% of the GNP of Isle of Man comes from gambling and insurance.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OoAVg TIL Baseball legend Yogi Berra had 2148 hits for the New York Yankees. He decided to end his career with the New York Mets. He had 2 hits with the Mets before retiring.
e0j7D TIL Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery due to Alabama's Habitual Offender rule because he had prior non-violent convictions. His change dot org petition has 2.3 million signatures (including mine!)
vPvkD TIL At the end of World War 1 Philippe Pétain was considered one of France’s greatest war hero’s. At the end of World War 2 he was sentenced to death for conspiring with Hitler.
Y7a67 TIL The Utah War (1857–1858), or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the US government.
VML80 TIL that Hokusai, the artist behind the famous 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa', illustrated a series of shunga erotica called 'Dreams of the Fisherman's Wife' which includes vivid depictions of women having sex with octopus. Published in 1814