Home
Random
Trending
Today
15
posts added
Search
› added
6 years ago
323
TIL killing a panda in china is punishable by death.
Read more
cnn.com
via
reddit.com
m1pyY
TIL The first $1 notes (called United States Notes or "Legal Tenders") were issued by the federal government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase (1861-1864).
v1Gwx
TIL a 74 year old Japanese man, dressed as a ninja and possessing great physical ability, carried out 254 break-ins worth $260,000 before he was caught by police
rwJ0
TIL Marilyn Manson was the director’s choice to play Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” but had scheduling conflicts. Johnny Depp got the part instead.
m1kby
TIL we perceive being wet primarily from the coldness of the of water evaporating. For a liquid to turn into gas, energy is needed (ex motion or heat), so energy is expended in the process. In this case from the heat of our skin. A fridge/freezer uses the same principle).
vPl4L
TIL that Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand was a French foreign minister who served the Ancien regime, the French Revolution (surviving The Terror), Napoleon's Empire, the Restoration, Charles X, the July Revolution, and Louis Phillipe. He was extremely corrupt and helped to overthrow three governments.