› added 11 years ago

186

TIL a Japanese comedian was tricked into a real-life “Truman show” when he accepted a job which (unbeknownst to him) would lock him into an apartment, naked and cut off from everything and film him, without his knowledge. He gained possessions only thru entering hundreds of sweepstakes.

Read more neatorama.com

via reddit.com

dDWkQ TIL that the death rate for heart attacks increases by 15% on days when marathons are held in major US cities. This is thought to be due to road closures and traffic around the marathon route. Ambulance ride length increases by an average of four minutes on marathon days.
x6V8o TIL Abraham Lincoln was a dual citizen of the United States and the tiny country of San Marino. He accepted honorary Sammarinese citizenship after recognizing them as a nation, saying “Although your dominion is small, your State is nevertheless one of the most honored, in all history."
jARE TIL if we could see the Andromeda Galaxy in the sky with the naked eye it would appear several times larger than the moon.
krye TIL There are stray dogs in Russia who figured out how to use the subway to find food in more populated areas!
R7gYl TIL that the ‘declinism bias’ makes us think the world is getting worse despite evidence to the contrary.