› added 8 years ago

426

TIL Australia lost a prime minister, he just went for a swim and disappeared.

Read more naa.gov.au

via ift.tt

g6N7 TIL that Lee County, Alabama sheriff’s office told people who had fallen behind on child support that they had won tickets to the Alabama/Auburn football game. Then arrested them when they came to collect their free tickets.
neJ4d TIL about the Dionne quintuplets. They lived in a specially built hospital nicknamed "Quintland" in the mid 1930's in Ontario. They were the biggest tourist attraction at the time, bringing in more than $50 million in revenue and were also used in film and to promote Quaker Oats.
p8rW8 TIL that infants will stare at an attractive face longer than an unattractive one
9YJP7 TIL most American universities are losing money from college sports teams
ADj4o TIL, (that) ticks "can be submerged in water for 2-3 days," and that it's best to tape a 'removed' tick to an index card incase physical problems arise from said tick bite, and can be sent off to a lab for analysis.