› added 5 years ago

78

TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

gMkYW TIL: about Austin Rogers-a bartender that became a 12-time “Jeopardy!” champion whose impressively broad knowledge helped him win more than $400,000 on the show. Today, Rogers still works as a bartender in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City.
MeW1V TIL the life of a wild rabbit is nasty, brutish, and short. Due to predators, disease, and food shortages, they rarely live past 1-2 years. Well-cared-for pet rabbits live 8-12 years.
P6kE TIL that when the Robertson family was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the only water they had was poisonous. The mother gave the others enemas to safely hydrate them with it. The family survived for 37 days before rescue.
KYDRE TIL about Art Ackerman, who at the age of 94 has the oldest active weekly radio show in the world. He broadcasts a two hour swing jazz show once a week on KDNK in Carbondale, Colorado.
1aA8P TIL that boxing promoter Don King served prison time for stomping one of his employees to death.