› added 4 years ago

66

TIL The first Third Party in the United States was the Anti-Masonic Party that ran on an anti Free-Mason and anti-elite platform. They got 7.8% of the popular vote in the 1832 election.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

nll7 TIL in 1954 a teenaged Elvis Presley played his first and only show at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. He was subsequently kicked out of the venue by management because they didn’t like how he was playing country music. He vowed never to return.
yVrEJ TIL the only canid known to hibernate is the common raccoon dog.
brYN TIL that in order to study a cow’s digestion, research cows are fitted with a port in their side big enough to see and reach into so that scientists can gather the contents inside without hurting the cow. The cow lives a normal life and can actually live longer than a regular cow.
01rN TIL of a machine weighing 200 tons that could stream music…over a century ago
9Y7J7 TIL, One of the Jackass Movies ("Jackass: Bad Grandpa") was actually Nominated for an Oscar.