› added 10 years ago

93

TIL that Anna Jarvis, the woman who founded Mother’s Day, tried to get the holiday revoked when companies began to commercialize it for profits.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

BBQD TIL the American Family aSsociation began auto-correcting every instance of the word “gay” with “homosexual” within reposted articles on their news site, which led to them publishing an articles about Olympic sprinter Tyson Homosexual and basketball star Rudy Homosexual.
awDvL TIL that according to Gordan Ramsey, the 5 dishes everyone needs to know how to cook are 1) A great burger, 2) A healthy breakfast, 3) A braising dish, 4) A chicken dish and 5) An amazing cake.
4Z4J TIL that when the Greek ships reached the beach of Troy, no one would jump ashore, since there was a prophecy that the first Greek to jump on Trojan soil would die. Odysseus tossed his shield on the shore and jumped on his shield so the person who was tricked into following him would die instead
egoE TIL German U-Boat 1206 was 8 days into its 1st tour when the Commander had a problem working the new type of toilet. The engineer called to help opened a wrong valve, flooding the battery compartment, causing release of Chlorine gas. Forced to surface, they were quickly spotted & captured by Allies.
Rnbw TIL an American college student disappeared during spring break in Mexico, only to have his body found in a drug running cult’s ranch with his brain in a cauldron.