› added 10 years ago

63

TIL NFL player Malcom Floyd’s parents allowed his older brother to name him. The older brother, Malcolm, named him after himself.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

5VdWp TIL of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival that takes place in the Chinese city Yulin during the summer solstice, resulting in the slaughter of thousands of dogs. Despite a decreased interest and governmental changes that signal a lack of support for the festival, the Yulin Dog Meat Festival continues.
dP6K TIL that the Mars rover Opportunity has been active for over 12 years now, despite a planned duration of activity of only 3 months.
aYKM TIL the Orange County, FL School District, that had previously allowed outside religious groups to hand out Bibles to school kids, completely reversed that policy after the Satanic Temple requested the right to hand out copies of “The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities” under the same policy
N5aN TIL they are building a 65,000 seat floating stadium like a cruise ship that can be moved to different oceanside locations
AQxg TIL that despite Kermit the Frog being Jim Henson’s most iconic creation, it was actually Rowlf the Dog that was not only the first muppet, but was also more like Henson in real life according to people who knew him.