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TIL that Queen Victoria considered Former President Millard Fillmore to be the handsomest man she’d ever met.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 8:22 pm

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TIL that Adrian Carton de Wiart was a veteran of three major conflicts, losing a hand and an eye. He received the Victoria Cross, the highest British military award for gallantry, for his actions at La Boiselle. He, however, declined to even mention the medal in his autobiography.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 11:54 am

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TIL Choktaw people raised 140$ aid to Irish people during the Great Irish Famine which killed 1 million people. Queen Victoria whose personal wealth was over £500 million send £2000.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 6:39 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 Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Sikh maharaja by a mother of German and Ethiopian descent, goddaughter of Queen Victoria, and a prominent suffragette who threw herself in front of the British Prime Minister’s car

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 6:03 pm

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TIL about the Faraday School Kidnapping that occurred in 1972 in Victoria, Australia, where two men kidnapped a teacher her six students for a ransom of $1,000,000. The kidnapping inspired the HBO movie, “Fortress”, which portrayed the kidnappers as gun-wielding maniacs wearing Halloween masks.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 12:23 pm

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TIL early versions of the Pomeranian were larger and were used as sled dogs. Over time they were bred to be smaller and were used as companion dogs instead. This increasingly occurred after Queen Victoria became fond of this breed.

by whatilearned May 26, 2022, 1:33 pm

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TIL about the HMS Victoria, a 340’ battleship that collided with another ship in 1893 and sank. But when it sank it slammed into the seafloor with so much force that 3/4 of the ship is sticking out of the seafloor at a 90 degree angle

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 5:50 am

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TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 10:38 am

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TIL of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for US President in 1872. She was a clairvoyant for Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave her stock tips to make a fortune. She also published the first English translation of the Communist Manifesto, and allegedly became the first woman in England to own a

by whatilearned April 6, 2022, 8:27 pm

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TIL Queen Victoria survived 8 assassination attempts.

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 3:09 pm

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TIL about Lachhiman Gurung, a British Gurka during WW 2. His platoon was cut off for days by 200 Japanese soldiers. Gurung, under 5′ tall, threw back 2 enemy grenades but the 3rd destroyed his right hand & eye. He fired and reloaded his rifle one-handed, killing 31 men and earning a Victoria Cross.

by whatilearned March 4, 2022, 1:57 pm

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