› added 7 years ago

72

TIL of the Alpine Spaniel, a now extinct dog bred by Augustinian Monks for rescuing travelers stuck in the snow of the Great St. Bernard pass. Dogs were sent in pairs so one could alert the monks when they found someone. They are said to be ancestors of modern-day St. Bernards

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

67xJ TIL alpacas go to the toilet together
XxOR TIL, Prodigy, a first generation dial-up online service from the 1990s, is still in business and has 92% market share in Mexico.
5VrMB TIL American aboriginals used raccoon penis bones as a pipe cleaning tool
dDmME TIL that a few people have been given at birth the first name Camera. According to the SSA, in 2003 it was the 8,511 most given baby boy name in the United States.
nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."