› added 6 years ago

58

TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

b6gZj TIL There's a football(soccer) player named Osama Vinladen with a brother named Saddam Hussein.
rDJ4 TIL of the ‘Banana Massacre’ of 1928 where up to 3000 striking workers were murdered for United Fruit Company (Chiquita).
BgBdk TIL that the creation of Isthmus of Panama 3 millions years ago changed the world. First, it connected two isolated systems causing massive extinctions. Second, created the Gulf stream that makes Europe 10 degree warmer.
JYvGl TIL: Somebody is using a retired 727 as a home outside Portland, OR
6E0XZ TIL that for the past two years it is no longer criminal in Canada to challenge somebody to a duel, accept a challenge to a duel or provoke somebody to challenge another person to a duel.