› added 10 years ago

78

TIL The Philippines celebrates July 4 to commemorate that day in 1946 when it ceased to be a U.S. territory and the United States officially recognized Philippine independence.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

0wNWv TIL Of the ayam cemani chiken aka the Lamborghini of chickens. A breed of chicken that is completely black, including the organs and the bones. The price of this chickens is above 2,500$
OGVy4 TIL a hyperandrogenist, Olympic runner, Caster Semenya, underwent gender verification tests to prove to officials she was “female”. Tests showed she had no womb or ovaries & had internal testes.
e0GDD TIL David Letterman fought to get Norm Macdonald the "Late Late Show" on CBS, which went to Craig Kilborn (topic @ 22:23)
LOQV TIL that this scene is the reason Disney refuses to release “Song of The South” (Of Splash Mountain and ‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’ song fame) on TV or video. Br'er Rabbit punches a “Tar Baby” for refusing to answer him
JY0xj TIL that in Taiwan, a few hundred people changed their name to contain the word "salmon" just because a promotion was offered that would give free salmon to people whose name contained the word