› added 7 years ago

208

TIL that an Alabama bloodhound joined a half marathon after her owner let her out to go pee. She ran the entire 13.1 miles and finished 7th.

Read more edition.cnn.com

via reddit.com

mx0bO TIL that my hometown, Bologna - in Italy - freed all the slaves, and thence banned slavery, in 1256 AD. To celebrate the newly freed men, they had all their names written down in a document called Liber Paradisus (Heaven's Book).
gr5lW TIL about Project 100,000, a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.
1aoW8 TIL that Tree Wells Are Responsible For 20% of All Ski Deaths. 90 per cent of tree well victims fail to free themselves unaided, which highlights the importance of riding with other people when venturing off piste.
08eN TIL The Ringer includes about 150 disabled athletes and actors — the largest population of intellectual disabled people ever portrayed in a movie
5LKk TIL the US flew nearly 40 billion dollars to Iraq in shrink-wrapped $100 bills, then distributed the cash with no accounting for where it ended up