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TIL in 1731, Prince Frederick, the heir to British throne, pseudonymously wrote a comedic play and had it staged at the Drury Lane Theatre. It was so bad, the theatre owner had soldiers stationed in the audience to maintain order and provided refunds at the end of the night.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 3:54 am

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TIL that a main reason historians are sure Frederick the Great was gay is on July 1750, the Prussian king unmistakably wrote to his gay secretary and reader, Claude Étienne Darget: “Mes hémorroïdes salient affectueusement votre v…” “My hemorrhoids affectionately greet your cock”

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 3:31 pm

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TIL after being sent to Baltimore in his youth, Frederick Douglass learned the alphabet from the mistress of the house he moved into. When the mistress’ husband put an end to the lessons, Douglass began trading bread to hungry neighborhood children who, in turn, helped him learn how to read & write

by whatilearned December 15, 2022, 12:35 am

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TIL King Frederick II took 5 babies from their families and deprived them of being talked to or even played with to figure out what language Adam and Eve spoke in the garden of Eden. He thought it was either Greek, Latin, Arabic, or Hebrew.

by whatilearned December 12, 2022, 12:14 pm

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TIL there are 160 separate photographic portraits of Frederick Douglass, which is more than Abraham Lincoln.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 11:36 pm

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TIL: As far back as 1872, despite practically no women being allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull of the Equal Rights Party became the first woman nominated for a US Presidential election. Frederick Douglass, a black abolitionist, was even chosen as her running mate

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 12:52 pm

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TIL that in 1966, Frank Sinatra threw a phone at Frederick Weisman, breaking his skull and putting him in critical condition for 48 hours. Weisman had asked Sinatra and his friends to quiet down.

by whatilearned March 27, 2022, 8:52 pm

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TIL of Queen Constance of Italy, who in 1194 gave birth to her heir (the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II) at the age of 40. She supposedly gave birth publicly to refute rumors about her maternity

by whatilearned February 9, 2022, 10:24 pm

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Frederick Fitzgerald Fazbear

by CopyPastaArchive January 28, 2022, 3:25 am

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TIL: Frederick Douglass had a “growlery” where he retreated to to think deeply, write, reflect, and growl.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 5:19 pm

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TIL that in an effort to demonstrate the importance of human and social interaction, Frederick Il (13th century) conducted an experiment amongst 50 babies. He assigned foster mothers to physically care for the children but forbade them to fondle, pet or talk to them. All 50 infants died.

by whatilearned October 15, 2021, 4:03 am

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TIL Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American in the 19th-Century

by whatilearned October 12, 2021, 4:08 am

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