› added 5 years ago

691

TIL actress Kim Basinger bought a small town in Georgia in 1989 to try to make it a tourist destination. Five years later she sold it in bankruptcy.

Read more ajc.com

via reddit.com

ZplgB TIL The only episode of The Simpsons in which Marge does not have a speaking part is season 4's Krusty Gets Kancelled. Julie Kavner objected to the use of 'tasteless' celebrity cameos, and boycotted the episode.
0d0MM TIL the baku, a mythical Japanese creature that eats nightmares. In the Meiji period, children would say, "Baku-san, come eat my dream" three times to get rid of bad dreams. But if the baku remained hungry after eating, it might also devour their hopes and desires, leaving them with an empty life.
69mvQ TIL about Abebe Bikila. The first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, he won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics while running barefoot, and again in 1964, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In 1969, he was paralysed and never walked again
Oo051 TIL if a zombie outbreak is to ever hit the United States, Alaska would have a high human survival rate, due to several factors including fewest people per square mile, being 2nd highest of gun owners per capita, and 7th in percentage of the population that is physically active.
5Vn9D TIL Unilever used to have a whaling fleet