› added 1 year ago

44

TIL Chris Pratt is the son-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ADANg TIL that in 1483 sir Henry Wyatt, an English knight, was imprisoned and left with no food. He would have starved to death, if it had not been for a cat he made friends with. That cat brought him pigeons to eat every day, and so he survived for two years before he was freed by his companions in 1485.
69oMm TIL of the Pierce Arrow armoured anti aircraft lorry deployed by the Royal Marine Artillery in the First World War. Used from 1915 to 1917, it shot down over twenty enemy aircraft, having take out the first of these within two days of deployment.
5VAn9 TIL that the spots some people see while looking at the blue sky is known as the "The Blue Field Entoptic Phenomenon" and is caused by white blood cells moving through the eye.
Oo65X TIL that Remote Workers are more productive than their in-office counterparts, according to 59% of employers.
OD4X TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts went to the Moon without life insurance. Instead, they signed hundreds of autographs and gave them to family members to sell if they died.