› added 10 years ago

279

TIL there is a town in Australia where the entire town (200+ people) live underground in abandoned mines. Residents here have electricity and plumbing, and have been known to find vast amounts of Opal when renovating.

Read more news.com.au

via reddit.com

LkyMP TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".
JlwQ TIL that people drink aloe vera juice because they believe it will boost their immune system, even though one of the main side effects is diarrhea.
OwRL TIL at birth Muhammad Ali was named for Cassius Clay, a Kentucky Congressman of the 19th century who fought to abolish slavery and was named by Lincoln as the US Ambassador to Russia where he gained Russian support for the Union.
0dbW5 TIL that it took roughly 22 years for scholars to decode the Rosetta Stone after its discovery
OGj61 TIL that Germany has a formal political position for the leader of whatever political party is losing, known as the Leader of the Opposition (Oppositionführer). They are still a part of the Bundestag parliament even though they are not in government.