AN5lg TIL the Swedish athlete Oscar Swahn competed in the Olympics at the age of 72.
yVajV TIL Mike Conley's dad is an Olympic gold medalist and World champion in triple jump.
m1e0x TIL for decades, Target avoided background music, believing it to be a distraction. In 2011, it tested music at a store in Minnetonka, MN, and received positive feedback from shoppers and staff. In 2017, Target began introducing music to its stores as part of a massive remodeling effort.
DQWdg TIL of the Belgian Jean de Selys Longchamps who after his country was captured, through a series of events, ended up flying for the RAF. Rather notably he went against orders to carry out a strike mission against the gestapo headquarters in brussels. He was both demoted and awarded for his deeds.
vPka7 TIL that in 1946-1947 a British ski champion stole & vandalized over 3000 butterfly specimens from Australian museums, and they're still trying to sort out the damage
J1Vj4 TIL that lobsters don’t age in the traditional sense. Unlike other animals, they keep growing, stay fertile, and don’t weaken with time. In theory, a lobster could live forever if nothing incidental kills it. They basically live until they get unlucky.
pYlrb TIL McDonald's ended sales of nuggets in Japan after someone found a piece of vinyl in a nugget
GA6pj TIL that during the May 1968 general strike in France, around 10 million people, or nearly two-thirds of the French workforce, went on strike.The movement paralyzed the entire country for weeks and nearly overthrew the government.
16ERd TIL that the Municipality of Florence apologized for expelling Dante over 700 years ago.
oR8rE TIL Nuclear "Dawn Bomb Parties" were a thing in Vegas during the 50’s due to the close proximity to nuclear test sites
dDn0B TIL before entering video game market, aside from making toys, Nintendo tried their hands on various products like office machines, kitchen appliances and baby gears. Notable example among these is a baby stroller in 1970, named "Mamaberica".
KYe0a TIL that in the original draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, nine Golden Tickets are offered, with more children succumbing to the Factory. One such character and her father (a schoolmaster) are presumably killed and turned into candy that temporarily makes children sick to get out of school