› added 9 years ago

111

TIL that East St. Louis has a higher murder rate than Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

xO07 TIL A Sufi holy man decided to really test his ability to perform miracles by slicing the thriat of one of his followers in front of a crowd and bringing him back from the dead. Instead, he managed to just do the first part.
kO7V4 TIL in 2006 a teenage girl secretly pointed a webcam at her bed and left it running all night, hoping to prove to her mother that her father was molesting her. In spite of the video evidence, the jury voted to acquit because they thought the girl "didn't seem upset enough" during her testimony.
9YXpM TIL: During the transition from The Soviet Union to Russia, the CSKA, (The Central Red Army Hockey Club) were financially broke. They were saved from bankruptcy by a joint venture between the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Red-Army, Mario Lemieux and actor Michael J. Fox.
v1ddj TIL that the late professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow received second degree burns over 40% of his body while rescuing 3 children from a burning house and spent 10 days recovering in a hospital.
P1kxE TIL That Tom Major Ball, the Father of former UK Prime Minister John Major, was a Circus performer.