› added 9 months ago

39

TIL that the longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years. Charles Osborne, from the USA, hiccuped continuously from 1922 to 1990, totaling over 430 million hiccups.

Read more guinnessworldrecords.com

via reddit.com

l7D8A TIL Kenny Rogers cofounded a "Roasters" chain of chicken-based restaurants that closed in the USA in 2011, but continues to thrive in Asia and overseas, with over 150 locations.
47Rb TIL aussie comedian was arrested for his police jokes which he performed with detectives in the audience. He was taken to court but was dismissed after the judge tried to hold back his laughter.
gMlLA TIL that Target has their own forensics lab which is so good that police departments routinely ask them for help.
4k86g TIL that the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie fungus) doesn't control ants by infecting their brain. Instead it destroys the motor neurons and connects directly to the muscles to control them. The brain is made into a prisoner in its own body
7rNxZ TIL that Abraham Lincoln was clean shaven for almost his entire life. While running for President in 1860, an eleven-year-old girl wrote to him and said his face looked to thin and he needed to grow a beard. He took up her advice. After him, only two of the next eleven presidents lacked facial hair.