› added 1 year ago

156

TIL In Switzerland its illegal to own only one guinea pig

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

e0ebg TIL that the authorities of Mexico City created an artificial Day of Dead Parade, identical to the one in the James Bond's movie, just because tourists thought it really existed. Now, the parade is held annually and it is a complete success
BrPkk TIL turning the subtitles on for kids' TV massively improves their reading
9eKX TIL that the “Success Kid” helped pay for his fathers kidney transplant. Due to the fact that so many people know of the meme, they were able to raise more than $100.000 for his surgery.
7p9r TIL that Sunandha Kumariratana, the Queen of Thailand, drowned while her subjects watched because they were forbidden to touch her.
PwEO TIL that between 1969 and 1970, the US dumped 112 tonnes of VX nerve agent into the Atlantic Ocean