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TIL a man claimed to steal a ghost from Ye Olde Man & Scythe in Bolton, England (a pub dating to 1251) and put it in a container on display at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 3:46 am

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TIL: In 1990 a courier was robbed on a street in London, England. The robber made off with bearer bonds to the value of £292 million. Today, this is equivalent to £758 million – or $1.086 billion USD. This is still the highest amount ever stolen in a street robbery.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 1:21 pm

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TIL The first King of England, Alfred The Great, had a hard time with dirty thoughts as a teen. After much prayer, he credits God with giving him hemmeroids. He was miraculously cured before the wedding, but afterwards, he started suffering what became known as Chron’s Disease.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 5:14 pm

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TIL about Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. One of the earliest women’s football clubs in England. They played from 1917 to 1965, playing 833 games, winning 759, drawing 46, and losing 28. In 1920, Dick, Kerr Ladies defeated a French side 2–0, that was the first international women’s association football game.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 3:52 pm

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TIL the Barton Aqueduct, which carries the Bridgewater canal over the river Irwell in England, was demonstrated to Parliament using a model made from Cheshire cheese.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 8:37 pm

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Before moving to England I spent some time in Poland…

by cringeyjokesman August 30, 2022, 8:58 pm

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TIL: England Holds World’s First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 8:28 pm

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TIL People in Liverpool, England have reported a certain area as being a hot spot for ‘time slips’, accidental temporary trips forward or backward in time.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 2:15 am

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TIL that the oldest Norman castle in England pre-dates the Norman conquest by ~15 years. It was built by a Norman knight named Richard Scrob, granted lands near the Welsh border by Edward the Confessor, though only earthworks survive today

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 1:26 am

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TIL in 1994, the family of 13-year-old Chris Kirkland made a bet that one day their son would play for Team England, with a bookie giving them 100-1 odds. The bet paid off in 2006, when the goalkeeper played for England in a match against Greece, with the family making £10,000

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 1:21 am

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TIL House Termites did make it over to England, but a 27 year government funded programme eradicated them in 2021.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 11:50 pm

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TIL of the walking catfish, which is able to breathe air and use its pectoral fins to “walk” and move to different aquatic environments. Native to Southeast Asia, it became an invasive species in Florida during the 1960s and has been sighted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, and England.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 12:47 am

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