8 Comments TIL Ohio has license plates reading “Birthplace of Aviation” and North Carolina reads “First in Flight” because the two states both claim the Wright Brothers as their own. The Wrights performed the first controlled, powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. but built their plane in Ohio by whatilearned March 18, 2023, 10:22 pm 8 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment My history teacher asked me if I could tell him Napoleons birthplace.. by cringeyjokesman August 21, 2022, 8:41 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL in 1974 Whitey Bulger and an accomplice set fire to an elementary school to intimidate a judge that mandated a plan to desegregate schools in Boston by busing. A year later he threw a Molotov cocktail into JFK’s birthplace in retaliation of Sen. Ted Kennedy supporting Boston school desegregating by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 3:11 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists “At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean” as his birthplace. by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 2:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL there’s a village in the Spanish region of Málaga (Andalusia) that celebrates 4th of July. Macharaviaya was the birthplace of Bernardo de Gálvez, one of the Founding Fathers of the US, who supported the colonists and their French allies in the American Revolutionary War. by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 9:32 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Norfolk county Masschusetts was the birthplace of 4 presidents, the most of any county. One of those was George H.W. Bush, when he was elected the 41st president ~10% of all the presidents were from that one county resulting in the county moniker being county of presidents. by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 2:22 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Chester Arthur: A Birthplace Controversy, 1880 by HistoryBuff May 18, 2022, 2:41 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that Bikini Bottom from SpongeBob SquarePants is supposed to be located beneath the Bikini Atoll, a nuclear testing site used by the USA from 1946 to 1958, and the birthplace of Godzilla in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah by whatilearned February 3, 2022, 2:07 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not born in India as widely thought. His birthplace was in Lumbini, which is in modern day Nepal. Lumbini is now a World Heritage Site and a popular pilgrimage destination. by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 10:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Mother's Birthplace May Affect Autism Risk in Kids Some foreign-born mothers now in U.S. are more likely to have children with the disorder, study finds by DailyHealthNews May 26, 2021, 12:42 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL In 1911 The Rigby family included their cat Tom in their census form. ‘Tom Cat’ was listed as being an 8-year old, married Mouse-Catcher, Soloist and Thief with 16 children. His birthplace was listed as Cheshire and he was described as being ‘speechless’ in the infirmity section of the form. by whatilearned May 15, 2021, 12:48 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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