wog1o TIL a veteran acrobatic pilot was killed during the filming of the first Top Gun when his Pitts S-2 camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean
R5PG7 TIL In Sweden, a couple tried to name their child “Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116” They claimed it was pronounced “Albin.” It was rejected.The parents suggested that the name be understood in the spirit of 'pataphysics'. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine.
W7BmY TIL a Galápagos tortoise believed extinct since 1906 was rediscovered in 2022 on a remote island.
4klw5 TIL that in 1774, Colonial Americans had the highest standard of living in the Western world - with annual per‑capita income of about £14, outpacing Britain, France, and Spain
nWg1b TIL Mary Magdalene was wrongly labeled as a prostitute
9wEeG TIL Women's vaginal discharge is acidic enough to bleach their panties.
x6gxw TIL that actor Kent Rogers was only 17 when he did significant voice work for Warner Bros and Universal, not only being the original voice of Beaky Buzzard but also voicing Woody Woodpecker for a period of time
5VN6p TIL of the Petticoat affair. Between 1829 to 1831, nearly the entirety of Andrew Jackson's cabinet resigned after a group of their wives, led by Second Lady Floride Calhoun, socially ostracized Secretary of War John Eaton's wife Peggy because she didn't "meet the moral standards of a Cabinet wife."
M76va TIL about the exclusion zone that roughly cuts Montserrat in half due to volcanic activity
j6gaa TIL that despite their drivers being nicknamed “Massholes”, Massachusetts roads are annually ranked the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd safest in the country.
LQwJP TIL A charity in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with lethal doses of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were anonymously donated by a member of the public. Each candy contained up to 300 times a normal dose of meth
b6GNQ TIL about Franceska Mann. A Jewish ballerina who arrived at Auschwitz in 1943 and was about to be gassed, she managed to take a pistol from an SS-officer and then killed him with it, starting a riot. The riot ended when SS reinforcements arrived and mowed the prisoners down with machineguns.