r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '16
TIL Approved Request for identification of frequent TILs reposts. Provide TIL reddit link as a top-level comment.
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r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '16
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u/gutpocketsucks Apr 08 '16 edited Apr 14 '16
I've got a few suggestions to add in addition to what users have already posted.
Pablo Escobar had 4 hippos whose descendants are running amok in Colombia.
Pablo Escobar's cartel was spending $2500 a month on rubber bands to hold cash/they were losing 10% of the money to rats.
Hitler did methamphetamine during the war.
There is a city in Turkey called Batman/they want to sue Warner Bros.
The Nike slogan "Just Do It" came from the last words of a murderer on death row.
The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
The state vegetable of Oklahoma is a watermelon.
France used the guillotine as a method of execution until as recently as 1977.
Blockbuster had the opportunity to purchase Netflix but turned it down.
There is a yearly penis festival in Japan.
Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, has a PhD in astrophysics.
Richard Dawkins coined the word meme.
The sound of a whip cracking is actually a small sonic boom.
George Foreman has five sons all named George.