› added 8 years ago

320

TIL The woman that accused Emmett Till of whistling at her inappropriately, Which got him murdered. Confessed it was all a lie on her death bed.

Read more time.com

via reddit.com

ZgrB TIL the fake prop money used in Rush Hour 2 was too accurate. After extras tried to spend the money, the secret service raided and seized $100 million in fake bills from the prop maker and accused him of counterfeiting
1aA0V TIL While the US Dollar (Sacagawea and SBA) coins were considered failures in the continental US, in other countries that use the Dollar, the coins are more popular than $1 bills.
VBX5B TIL Socrates wrote nothing. All that is known about him has been inferred from accounts by members of his circle—primarily Plato and Xenophon—as well as by Plato's student Aristotle, who acquired his knowledge of Socrates through his teacher.
YpJv TIL that 90% of all adult entertainment is either filmed or produced in San Fernando Valley, CA
8aN7b TIL Just 15 million years after the big bang the entire universe was effectively "habitable" as the cosmic microwave background radiation was warm enough to support liquid water everywhere. This period lasted for about 7 million years.