- "It wasn't until I saw Rickey that I understood what baseball was about. Rickey Henderson is a run, man. That's it. When you see Rickey Henderson, I don't care when, the score's already 1–0. If he's with you, that's great. If he's not, you won't like it." https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickey_Henderson 26 comments baseball
- TIL: the U.S. Navy used blimps during WWII, and of the mysterious disappearance of the crew of Blimp L-8 https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-8 3 comments navy
- Bills Guard Billy Shaw is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame never to have played in the NFL! http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/pro_football_hall_of_fame 14 comments nfl
- Is Wikipedia banned on Jio network now? It says IP address cannot be found. But I can access it using vpn and via BSNL network. https://www.wikipedia.org/ 8 comments india
- TIL Bahadur Shah Zafar had 4 wives, 22 sons and 32 daughters. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_Zafar 24 comments pakistan
- In 2012, The Carolina Panthers lost the coin toss in their first 13 games- an event with a 1 in 8,192 probability. In the thirteenth game, the Panthers asked fans on Facebook to make the call, but the vote ended in a 50/50 tie. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_carolina_panthers_season 285 comments nfl
- Since there are no more undefeated teams left this year, fun fact! The last undefeated team hasn’t won the Super Bowl since 2006, but it happened 6 times in the 90’s. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_undefeated_NFL_teams_by_season 14 comments nfl
- Iker Casillas (1,119) retires as the player with the 5th most official appearances in association football, only behind Roberto Carlos (1,132) Xavi (1,132) Rogerio Ceni (1,234) and Peter Shilton (1,390) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_footballers_with_the_most_official_appearances# 46 comments soccer
- People who use the internet in another language than English, what's it like? https://www.wikipedia.org/ 18 comments india
- Tottenham are the first team in PL history to go the first half of a season without a single draw. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/premier_league 414 comments soccer
- Has anyone actually read Mein Kampf (My Struggle) by Adolf Hitler? When it was unbanned in Germany I got it and tried to read it but couldn't. What did you think of it? Analytically. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs 17 comments books
- Today, on 30th November in 1872, the first official international football match was played between Scotland and England. The match was watched by around 4000 spectators. It was played on a Cricket ground, and ended in a 0-0 draw. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_scotland_vs_england_football_match 5 comments soccer
- Zinedine Zidane was the first ever completely bald manager in Real Madrid's 100+ year history. Innovational. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/real_madrid_c.f. 9 comments soccer
- The Buffalo Sabres have been around 48 season, have the 8th highest lifetime pts%, and 0 Stanley Cups https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_all-time_nhl_standings 168 comments hockey
- What do you know about... the British oversea territories? https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories 251 comments europe
- What do you know about... the Falkland Islands? https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Island 602 comments europe
- What do you know about... the Isle of Man? https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man 164 comments europe
- Leek Town F.C is today's featured article on Wikipedia. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/leek_town_f.c.?wprov=sfla1 3 comments soccer
- Radamel Falcao becomes the all time top scorer for Colombia with his goal today against Costa Rica. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/colombia_national_football_team 17 comments soccer
- TIL: The Indian constitution, in 1950, declared Hindi in Devanagari script to be theofficial language of the union. Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e., on 26 January 1965 http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/languages_with_official_status_in_india 14 comments india
- TIL Stuart Pearce used to advertise his electrician services when he signed for Nottingham Forest. The listing went as follows "Stuart Pearce, Electrician. Repairs and Maintenance. All work guaranteed – 0602 847224" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/stuart_pearce 3 comments soccer
- Argentina officially crowned Unofficial Football World Champions after defeating The Netherlands in the WC 2014 semi-finals. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/unofficial_football_world_championships 69 comments soccer
- TIL Willis Reed is the only player to be drafted in the second round and win the regular season MVP award. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/willis_reed 11 comments nba
- TIL Eddie Gaedel, shortest man to ever appear in the MLB at 3'7", died from a heart attack after being beaten and mugged at the age of 36. The only person from the MLB to attend the funeral was Bill Cain, the man who pitched to Gaedel, as he "felt he was obligated to go." http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/eddie_gaedel#legacy 25 comments baseball
- I'm only 19, and it just dawned on me that Vettel set the fastest time in a practice session when he was younger than I currently am. I feel like such a failure. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_formula_one_driver_records#youngest_polesitters 59 comments formula1
- 2012 Atlanta Falcons set NFL record for fewest penalties in a season http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_national_football_league_records_(team)#penalties 194 comments nfl
- "Wikipedia is non-profit and ad free, funded by donations averaging $30... the #5 website in the world, with costs like any top site: servers, power, rent, programs and staff... If everyone seeing this gave $5, we'd be done within an hour." http://www.wikipedia.org/ 929 comments technology
- Happy Eid to all muslims! :) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/eid_ul-fitr 2 comments reddit.com
- TIL that race cars produce enough vacuum to lift manhole covers off of the street therefore they must be welded down before a race. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/manhole_cover#manhole_covers_and_race_cars 4 comments reddit.com
- TIL the Nazis kidnapped random people and tortured them for research. HAHAHA just kidding, it was the CIA http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/project_mk_ultra 3 comments politics
- Was it just me or did anyone else think that Narwhals were something people on the internet made up? http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/narwhal#description 7 comments reddit.com
- BREAKING: The "No Child Left Behind Act" is the biggest problem with the current public school system. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/no_child_left_behind_act 14 comments politics
- A True Hero - He opposed the Iraq war, supports gay marriage, and stem-cell research."I have friends who smoke pot. I know many homosexuals. It's ridiculous to treat them as criminals." http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/david_h._koch#political_career 11 comments politics
- These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Armagnac—were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ortolan_bunting#gastronomy 3 comments reddit.com
- This is a man who fought the Nazis with a sword and a bow and arrow. And won. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/jack_churchill 25 comments reddit.com
- The father of Modern Physics and a true Genius, Happy Birthday Albert Einstein! http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/albert_einstein 207 comments science
- In 1994, "the world's smallest self-replicating program" won an award for "Worst Abuse of the Rules" by being zero bytes in size. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/quine_(computing) 28 comments programming
- The French eat four times as much butter, 60 percent more cheese and nearly three times as much pork than americans, yet they are much thinner. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/french_paradox 132 comments reddit.com
- You won't believe what the British call their military sattelites.. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/skynet_(satellites) 22 comments reddit.com
- Speaking of Gödel, check out how he died... http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/kurt_g%C3%B6del#death?submit=sucks 4 comments reddit.com