› added 12 years ago

95

TIL Newman’s Day is a holiday celebrated in which one must drink 24 beers in 24 hours without throwing up or falling asleep

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N7YG1 TIL that in 1951 the St. Louis Browns used Eddie Gaedel, a little person, to pinch hit for an easy walk. It was the first and last time a little person played in a Major League Baseball game.
7rGKb TIL that Henry Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle which was a medal given to foreigners who agreed with the Nazi's ideology.
vPBX8 TIL that the Silnas brothers, owners of the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA, refused a buyout of $3 million from the NBA in 1976 and instead negotiated a 1/7th share of TV rights (in perpetuity) with each of four future NBA teams. That TV deal made them over $800 million by 2014.
WkyjA TIL that researchers in the Netherlands have found that, on New Year’s Eve, birds fly much higher than normal to avoid the fireworks.
9Yo66 TIL in icthyology(study of fish), there is a field called meristics which counts the number of fins and scales to differentiate different fish species.