› added 5 years ago

272

TIL The younger generations in Norway have coined the term “fredagstaco” to describe the cultural phenomenon of starting the weekend off with a serving—or two—of tacos. The taco is by far the most popular dinner on Friday in Norway—even surpassing the infamous frozen Grandiosa pizza.

Read more norwegianamerican.com

via reddit.com

XyXj TIL that despite the NFL making more than $9 billion annually, projected to make more than $25 billion a year by 2027, pays its CEO more than $30 million a year, 68% of NFL stadium construction costs since 1923 coming from taxpayer money.
jpnj TIL Saddam Hussein offered to step down to exile from the Iraqi government in 2003 prior to the invasion if he was allowed to keep USD $1 Billion
neyy9 TIL that in 2018, country music fans were shocked and appalled to learn that lifelong hippy and progressive Willie Nelson was, in fact, not a Republican.
xVRj7 TIL about the pando tree. 108 acres are covered with trees genetically identical so they are considered the same organism. This makes it the worlds heaviest living organism and one of the world's oldest living organisms at an estimated 16,000 years old.
WkaDB TIL that "Superpredators" was a term coined by social scientists in the 90s to describe a coming wave of youth violence in America that led to harsher punishments for children especially those who were African American. However, the theory was proven to be flat out wrong.