› added 12 years ago

131

TIL that octopus wrestling was once a documented hobby.

Read more blog.modernmechanix.com

via reddit.com

wLW57 TIL Prior to humans settling Madagascar about 1,300 years ago, there were lemurs as big as apes, weighing 350lbs
GYlO4 TIL Big Cypress, a music festival held by the band Phish on News Years Eve 1999 in to 2000, had 85,000 in attendance making it the largest Millennium Eve concert that night. This is the longest Phish concert ever, culminating in a 7.5 hour long second set from midnight to sunrise New Year's Day.
9aZG TIL in 2012, a sanctioned penetration test used an attractive woman’s picture on facebook and LinkedIn to compromise the CIA at the highest levels.
MepgB TIL President George H.W. Bush called Portland the Beirut of the United States
1aX9P TIL the first attempt at a Thomas the Tank Engine TV series came as a live broadcast. The show was a disaster, with the model trains jerking around until a train derailed, and a crew member's hand visibly put it back on track. This caused so much embarrassment that the show was immediately cancelled