› added 4 years ago

69

TIL the Tahitian Football League awards 1 point for a defeat, as according to the Tahiti Football President Charles Ariitoma "we don't want anyone to be sad."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

BwWx TIL James Huberty called a mental health clinic, left his name, and waited for hours for them to return his call. His name was written down as “Shouberty” and the call was a non-crisis because Huberty was so polite. The next day he carried out one of America’s worst rampage killings.
gr9l4 TIL that Apple in 2022 achieved its highest-ever share of global smartphone operating profit at 85% despite its shipment share only being 18%.
Amgw TIL: “Generational Curses” may be a real thing. There was a study where mice were given a small shock to the foot at the same time as the smell of acetophenone. After 10 days, they mated. The children mice inherited a fear of the odor even though they had never been exposed to it before.
e8p4 TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
OoNX1 TIL In the winter of 1295, Marco Polo and his brothers returned to Venice after 24 years of traveling across Asia and with them they brought one incredible novelty - asbestos fabric made by the Mongolians.