› added 2 years ago

126

TIL that 500,000 weapons are sold each year to the Mexican Cartels by straw-purchasers in "border states"

Read more voanews.com

via reddit.com

ADnNg TIL Swedish band Roxette's success in the US is directly attributed to a Minnesotan who studied abroad in Sweden. He passed off their CD to a Minneapolis DJ and 'The Look' quickly became a fan favorite. Other stations followed suit and record label decided to take the act international.
ymQp TIL that Olympians are now allowed a modest amount of THC in blood tests. In May 2013, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) raised the in-competition threshold for marijuana tenfold, to 150 ng/ml, meaning that an athlete would have to be a “pretty dedicated cannabis consumer” to test positive.
00n1 TIL Elvis Presley did not write the song Hound Dog. The original song was performed by an artist called Big Mama Thornton
rNVZM TIL Skrillex has won nine Grammy Awards, the most of any electronic dance music act.
WwmX TIL that people with schizophrenia are not fooled by the Charlie Chaplin Optic Illusion.