› added 10 years ago

175

TIL that the FBI maintains their own Bitcoin wallet that consists of seized Bitcoins.

Read more wired.com

via reddit.com

MeQY7 TIL Natalie Portman, who played Queen Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace, skipped the premiere so she could study for her high school finals.
EgZN7 TIL no child has been harmed or killed by poisoned or dangerous Halloween candy.
OG8Y7 TIL that in 1847, during the Mexican-American War, 6 Mexican Cadets refused to retreat at the Battle of Chapultepec Castle and were killed. In 1947 President Harry S Truman paid his respects at their memorial saying "Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it."
Z8MBG TIL that Gordon Ramsay was covered in gasoline and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while he was investigating illegal shark fin trading for a TV show
JYMGj TIL The expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not for the water