› added 1 year ago

225

TIL there are places that provide guard dogs to protect penguins from predators.

Read more warrnamboolpenguins.com.au

via reddit.com

R77l TIL 1/3 of divorce papers contain the word ‘facebook’ in them.
XQP8 TIL that on the way to his inauguration, President Franklin Pierce’s only living child was crushed to death in front of him and his wife in a train derailment. Pierce descended into alcoholism, the First Lady into depression, and the country into violence.
e0ObL TIL Palma de Mallorca Airport in Spain only reached 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962. Today, the airport serves 29 million passengers per year & during the busiest days in the Summer handles as many movements as London-Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe.
eBXE TIL Mauritania tried to ban slavery thrice: in 1905, 1981, and as latest as August 2007. It is the ‘last stronghold’ of slavery on earth
a8BBJ TIL Jews comprise nearly 1/5th of NYC's population, with Judaism being the second most-practiced religion in the city