› added 6 years ago

116

TIL Ben Carpenter was pushed at 50 mph for 6 km in a wheelchair by a semi-truck

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

ojbY TIL Microsoft made a series of marketing blunders including CUNT (Critical Update Notification Tool), Bang (now bing) and spent $200M promoting the line “Prepare to Fly” just before 9/11.
b6k14 TIL: 1963 San Diego Chargers were required to take anabolic steroids 3x per day during training camp. They led the league in nearly every offensive and defensive category and won the AFL championship 51-10.
L9Nd TIL while the U.S. grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, such a policy doesn’t exist in Europe. In Europe, being born in a country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship.
D1vav TIL In LOTR from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That’s an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. In the Hobbit, Bilbo, on the other hand, travels a total of 950 miles in 172 days — an average of just 5.52 miles per day.
JYVnQ TIL of an ~800 year old charter that has been invoked this year to close a market held at the ironically named Free Trade Inn near Loughborough, UK, as it's within a protected 6 2/3 mile radius of the town, a protection granted by King Henry iii