› added 2 years ago

79

TIL that England expelled all Jews via decree in 1290 and just recently apologized.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

m5oY TIL that today is National Eggnog Day. Happy Eggnog Day All
R7Wjl TIL the memory capacity of a human brain is one petabyte (1,000 terabytes).
GxK4 TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.
VjMm TIL that most Uber drivers make less than $11/hour
9wZrB TIL that when U.S. General George S. Patton died in late 1945, the French government offered to bury him beside Napoleon in Paris out of gratitude for his role in the liberation of France and western Europe.