› added 10 years ago

145

TIL During the 2012 London Olympics, which lasted for 17 days, the athletes were provided with 150,000 free condoms- approximately 15 each.

Read more business.time.com

via reddit.com

4kLNb TIL that the last remnants of feudalism ended in 2006 when the island of Sark in the English Channel voted for democracy. Beforehand they were the last feudal fiefdom in Europe and were ruled by a Seigneur and the descendants of 40 farming families who helped colonise the island.
111X TIL Dogs have ‘Eureka moments’ and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.
Brvay TIL that St. Claire of Assisi, who died in 1253 A.D., was named the Patron Saint of Television by Pope Pius XII in 1958, based on an incident in which she claimed the moving image and sound of a Catholic Mass had been miraculously projected on the wall of her room when she was too sick to attend.
QNWLM TIL In the UK, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions and the various commercial production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production.
GAAlg TIL about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: "when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath."