› added 1 year ago

39

TIL The very first pizza delivery is attributed to Queen Margherita of Savoy in 1889

Read more salernospizza.com

via reddit.com

ADex TIL the US-Canada border is the longest border in the world without a military defense.
e0ao6 TIL of Distributionism, an alternative to both Capitalism and Communism. Distributionists criticize the centralization of assets either under a state or private individual, and instead advocate for the redistribution of the means of production themselves, rather than the wealth they produce.
dDR5r TIL XMM-Newton, an X-ray space observatory launched by the ESA in 1999 tasked with investigating interstellar Xray sources, performing narrow and broadrange spectroscopy, and imaging of objects in both Xray and optical wavelengths. Funded for 2yrs, with a 10yr design life, is still in good health.
J1dYm TIL a man known as Hong Xiuquan, who lived in China during the 19th century, claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. He tried to overthrow the then-ruling Qing Dynasty with his own Christian kingdom, known as Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict resulted in approximately 20 million deaths.
QNaDE TIL: That human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. No matter how well you wash, nearly every nook and cranny of your body is covered in microscopic creatures. The greatest concentration of this microscopic life is in the dark murky depths of our oxygen-deprived bowels.