› added 10 years ago

102

TIL: Only 18,741 people (0.17%) of the 11 million that filled out a bracket for the billion dollar bracket challenge are still in the running after yesterday’s upsets.

Read more ibtimes.com

via reddit.com

1aWmO TIL Shakespeare overheard the star of Richard III (Richard Burbage) agree to hook up with an enamored fan at her house. When the actor arrived after the show, Shakespeare answered the door, saying "William the Conqueror was before Richard III."
V6xk TIL the term “Bus Factor” - The number of people in a company who need to be ‘run over by a bus’ to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.
Q5d9 TIL A Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.”
BBAK TIL that Iron Man was created by Stan Lee as a challenge to create a hero no one should like and force people to like him.
AVM4 TIL: Bamboo sharks can survive on land for 12 hours, and have known to have virgin births