› added 4 years ago

59

TIL of Jolabokaflod, a Christmas Eve tradition in Iceland where friends and family get together to exchange books and then they all read them together while eating chocolate and drinking cocoa.

Read more readitforward.com

via reddit.com

gZDD TIL More veterans died of suicide than combat after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
0wrx1 TIL that you could drop ant from Empire state building and it wouldn't die, because ants are so lightweight that they can fall from any height without dying.
E1RdW TIL that the company responsible for the worst mine disaster in the UK, killing 440 in an explosion, was fined just £10
5JOP TIL that Fox News is financially controlled by a Saudi Royal and an Australian
EgPw TIL the shortest recorded war lasted only 45 minutes!