› added 10 months ago

22

TIL that a French Canadian (Percy Girouard) served as colonial governor of Nigeria and Kenya when they were part of the the British Empire

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R7jel TIL: Disney's theme park ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" originally used real human skeletons as props
yQQPl TIL you need to change your CV/Resume depending on the country that you are applying to. Some countries expect photos, date of birth, marital status, number of kids you have, etc.
Xg9X TIL that Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was asked to resign from all extracurricular activities at Dartmouth University because he was caught drinking gin with nine friends in his room.
Wknwd TIL that in 2013, Metallica performed a concert in Antarctica to a group of 120 scientists and contest winners; thereby becoming the first and to-date only band to have performed on all seven continents.
EgY0x TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a fluorescent yellow ball for easier visibility