› added 11 years ago

75

TIL Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping we get very very drunk and cause unnecessary strain on the emergency services.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

m1Vrp TIL that Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat, controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research and was the richest man in modern Italian history.
aw7pA TIL New York Times' puzzle editor Will Shortz designed his own major program at Indiana University, and in 1974 became the first and only holder of a degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles.
Lk40Z TIL whales create the longest-lasting songs in the animal kingdom with one session lasting up to 23 hours and the sound traveling for thousands of miles (estimated to be more than 6000km). At up to 180 decibels, it can also match the loudness of a jet plane.
E7W0 TIL Dung beetle is the strongest creature in the world.It can pull 1,141 times their own body weight.
oBxeR TIL: In 1990, A British Airways pilot was sucked out of a cockpit window while at cruising altitude.