4 Comments TIL about Wallace “Wally” Bowers. Struggling to support four kids and a wife dying of cancer, he picked up additional weekend work for a logging company. He was killed during the eruption of Mount St. Helens of May 1980. His wife died three months later from her illness. by whatilearned November 8, 2022, 11:12 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL the George Wallace, infamous segregationist, renounced his views, endorsed civil rights, and won his final election with 90% of the black vote by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 3:15 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIl that in 1995 comedian Lenny Henry created a live action Wallace And Gromit for a Christmas Special. It only aired once because viewers rightfully complained about how horrifying the characters looked. by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 2:07 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL William Wallace’s co-commander, Andrew Moray, was mainly responsible for the Scottish victory in the Battle of Stirling Bridge, but died of his wounds. William Wallace was subsequently defeated in the Battle of Falkirk, when he let his men stand still in a hail of longbow fire. by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 2:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment George Washington x George Wallace erotica by CopyPastaArchive May 15, 2022, 11:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL of Minik Wallace, a Greenlandic child brought to New York in 1897 and studied by a museum, who held custody. After many of his companions died of tuberculosis, the museum faked a burial of his father and secretly put his skeleton on display. 20 years later, Minik would die in 1918 of influenza. by whatilearned February 23, 2022, 12:06 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that the name of Lamborghini Countach literally means “Plague” in Piedmontese. One of the workers on prototype used it extensively, and it was given as a joke to the whole project – until Bob Wallace the test driver liked how it sounded in English. by whatilearned October 7, 2021, 5:40 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL a line in Indonesia between the islands of Bali and Lombok marks a clear boundary of biogeography. Most animals are found on either one side or the other, not both. The islands are only 35 km apart. It is called the Wallace line, after a British naturalist that identified it in 1859. by whatilearned July 30, 2021, 3:02 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, is such an enigmatic figure that the FBI and various investigators have never been able to definitively trace his origins and background. In 1934, he disappeared and was never heard from again. by whatilearned April 16, 2021, 9:42 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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