› added 10 months ago

124

TIL that the 1984 Summer Olympics, which took place in Los Angeles, made a profit

Read more marketplace.org

via reddit.com

nebXB TIL Woody Harrelson’s father was a contract killer who was convicted of killing a federal judge and investigated in JFK’s assassination.
R700w TIL that the wood of Lignum Vitae is so hard and dense that the bearings of the drive shaft for the the nuclear powered USS Nautilus are made from it.
4kOGX TIL that strawberry boxes are called punnets, and that their inventor was an ancestor of the creator of the Punnet square
78W77 TIL Brazilian footballer Rivaldo grew up in poverty and suffered such malnourishment it caused caused bowleggedness and the loss of several adult teeth, and coaches saying he was too physically weak to succeed . Despite this he went onto win the World Cup, the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or.
XlaX TIL that pro wrestler Mick Foley (who fought in the WWE as Mankind) had his ear ripped off during a match, but didn’t stop the fight. Afterwards, given the choice of getting the ear reattached and fighting another event, he chose to fight in another event