› added 4 years ago

90

TIL Ex Bassist of the all-female rock group 'The Runaways' won 87k on Jeopardy and is now an Attorney

Read more grammy.com

via reddit.com

VyED TIL the youngest Olympic athlete in Rio ‘16 was born in 2002
L9QZ TIL art was part of the summer olympics between 1912 to 1948. Medals were given for architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
m1V9x TIL that the length of a minute has varied throughout history. In ancient Babylon, a minute was equal to just 1/70th of an hour, and in ancient Egypt it was 1/100th of an hour. The length of a minute was finally standardized to 60 seconds in 1800s. (They also modeled it after how long my ex lasted)
xVwk5 TIL that for The Mandalorian opening theme music composer Ludwig Goransson bought a set of (flute) Recorders because he wanted to step away from computers when he began the Mandalorian project
N7aDb TIL that Magnus Carlsen (one of the best chess players ever) lost a professional game when his opponent made an illegal move.