› added 11 years ago

78

TIL that some Gilligan’s Island viewers had no idea the show was scripted and sent letters to the Coast Guard urging them to rescue everybody on the island.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

4XgGJ TIL that in Zurich, the garbage disposal is financed by selling official plastic bags for non-recyclable waste. Garbage trucks will not even pick up unofficial bags from houses and they instead have to be placed in designated neighbourhood containers.
EagX TIL Volvo will pay for you to take a trip to Sweden so you can pick your new car in their Gothenburg Factory Delivery Center.
NOAM TIL the Dalai Lama said, “If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
VAQ0 TIL that an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and attacked until a pride of lions chased her attackers off and stayed to defend her until help arrived!
adBo TIL despite being only 0.2% of the world’s population, Jews make up 11.5% of all billionaires