› added 8 years ago

1219

TIL that the first Iditarod sled dog race was actually a race against time to save the children of Nome, AK

Read more pbs.org

via ift.tt

AR6l TIL After the movie This Is Spinal Tap opened, several people approached director Rob Reiner telling him that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well known band to do a documentary on.
x6JdD TIL Only 17-25% of people that fall overboard on a cruise ship are ever rescued
loaeG TIl Benjamin Kyle is the only American citizen officially listed as missing dispute his whereabouts being known
AX5a TIL that the Queen of Denmark illustrated the artwork for the Danish edition of The Lord of the Rings
Oojv7 TIL about Albert Gonzalez an American computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005 to 2007: the biggest such fraud in history.