VByWZ TIL that during the development of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the eponymous skateboarder tested the game builds on burned CD-Rs with his modified PlayStation.
X0xwQ TIL Allied forces took only 35-50,000 Japanese prisoners of war during the course of World War 2.
OG1kX TIL about Dan Seavey American sailor, fisherman, farmer, saloon keeper, prospector, U.S. marshal, thief, poacher, smuggler, hijacker, procurer, and timber pirate.
69nYl TIL that every baseball used in professional games is still hand-stitched with each ball requiring 108 stitches because no machine has been able to replicate the process
wovlM TIL moist soil holds significantly more heat than dry soil, making afternoon watering a valid frost-protection strategy for gardens.
W7AR4 TIL that the Highway of Death was originally Iraq’s main invasion route into Kuwait in 1990 before becoming the site of a devastating retreat in 1991.
R5Jxj TIL the Great Blizzard of 1888 buried parts of the northeastern United States under up to 50 inches of snow
9wR7D TIL that James Cameron's Titanic cost 200 million which is around double the cost of the Actual Ship - even after adjusting for inflation (~120 million)
nWZ5G TIL in the 1980s a United Nations investigation concluded Cuba used the worlds most deadly chemical agent (VX) on Angolans during their war in the country
4kxra TIL in August 1939, some German generals planned to ask high-ranking military officials to give troops to Hjalmar Schacht to prevent a war with Poland, as the Reich Cabinet had the power to debate on declarations of war, which Hitler had not done
x6DNB TIL in 1895, Swedish gynecologist Thure Brandt released a bizarre manual illustrating uterine manipulation techniques and exercises done on women to treat diseases but instead of drawing human diagrams in these depictions, he drew humanoid creatures demonstrating these practices.
ep8EE TIL Gig Young was originally the actor cast as the Waco Kid in the film “Blazing Saddles”, but Gig Young was an alcoholic and collapsed on set during the first day of filming due to alcohol withdrawal. Director Mel Brooks fired him and replaced him with Gene Wilder.