› added 12 years ago

257

TIL Eric Holder prosecuted more whistleblowers between 2008 and 2012 than the total prosecuted by all previous attorney generals combined

Read more bloomberg.com

via reddit.com

rkbo TIL that Sioux City, Iowa’s airport has the three-letter designator SUX. When the airport petitioned to the FAA for a different code, one of the alternatives offered was GAY.
g1X4 TIL Viggo Mortensen’s tattoos in Eastern Promises were so realistic that diners in a Russian restaurant in London fell silent out of fear during production.
Y7EKP TIL about the Australian Alps - an alpine region covering 4,700 square miles with some peaks exceeding 2000m above sea level. Slope and cross country skiing are both possible in the alps between the months of June and October
x6D0o TIL that in 2006, baseball player Ichiro Suzuki starred in the episode "A Fair Murderer" of Furuhata Ninzaburō (the Japanese Columbo) where he kills his brother's blackmailer, who is also a friend of the detective.
OG9E7 TIL that Jason Segel, known for his roles in How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You, Man, and other films, wore a Superman cape underneath his clothing until he was 13. He did so, he has said, "just in case there was trouble."