› added 3 years ago

178

TIL President Carter "fended off a killer rabbit" that swam out to attack him.

Read more wnyc.org

via reddit.com

REOj TIL In the 1950s, the USSR started breeding foxes in an attempt to see how wolves may have been domesticated. As a result there are now domesticated foxes called Silver Foxes which are still being bred.
DQLeJ TIL the town of Honiton, UK has a "Hot Penny Day" a recreation of a 13th century tradition where wealthy people would heat pennies on the stove, throw them into the streets and laugh at the poor people who picked them up.
QJOE6 TIL Juries have 12 people because of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles
oBPn8 TIL that in 2008 an app called "I Am Rich" was released for a day. It had absolutely no purpose, cost $999.99, and eight people bought it just to show that they could afford it.
7rLJL TIL the Hollywood sign used to say Hollywoodland