› added 10 months ago

224

TIL 91% of $17.5 billion Bernie Madoff defrauded has been returned to 25k+ investors

Read more justice.gov

via reddit.com

4dea TIL David Kirwan, 24 from California, jumped into a hot spring, typically measured at 200°F (93°C) at Yellowstone after his dog escaped the truck and ran into the Celestine Pool, yelping. Several people tried to warn Kirwan off by yelling at him not to jump in, but he shouted “Like hell I won’t!”
wLvKY TIL that Sam, a chimpanzee friend of Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles had a testicle bitten off by a celebrity dog on a film they were working on together.
rRyNe TIL that some people do not have an internal monologue. I can’t imagine making it through a single day without having the voice in my head.
xVMg0 TIL New Zealand gave a volcano the same legal rights as a living person in the same way America does with corporations.
wollW TIL there was a DC character from the 80s who got his powers from cocaine. His only weakness was cocaine addiction.