GA6d7 TIL There was a publicity movement where abolitionists shared photos and stories about the existence of "white slaves" due to the one-drop rule. It is was intended to shock audiences in the similarities between themselves and slaves promoting empathy.
16E9W TIL that the official cause of the 2010 Smolensk Air Disaster, which killed the President of Poland at the time, was the presence of the Air Force Commanded-in-Chief in the cockpit, pressuring the pilots to make an unsafe landing under poor weather.
oR8G7 TIL that the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considered one of the most successful assassinations in history.
dDnBK TIL that in June 1970, only two and a half years after forming through a merger, the Penn Central Railroad declared bankruptcy. At the time, it was the largest bankruptcy in American history.
KYepw TIL that “New Jersey”, gets its name from a British Island that’s just 14 miles off the North coast of France, because it was gifted by King Charles II to the De Carteret family in 1664 for their support during the English revolution.
a8ml0 TIL about slaves abandoned in 1760 on a tiny island (Tromelin) who survived there for 15 years. On an island with no trees, with only one well, constantly battered by winds and storms. Seven women and one child survived.
Zpo6p TIL In 2001 a wealthy private jet passenger pressured his pilots to disobey flight restrictions, at one point getting into the cockpit to intimidate them, resulting in the deaths of all 18 passengers aboard
78dXr TIL a man was jailed after trying to not pay for his Indian restaurant meal by placing his pubic hair in the remains of his lamb bhuna. All the staff had black hair and the pubes were brown.
kJXK1 TIL about the Chesterfield Canal Dredging Mistake. In 1978, UK workers cleaning up the canal removed a heavy chain from the bottom, only for that section of the canal to drain completely away. The chain was attached to a plug, installed there 200 years previously for maintenance, and long forgotten.
EgRBX TIL: In 1986, the director of 'Friday the 13th' pitched the idea of a movie where Cheech and Chong become counselors at Camp Crystal Lake and meet Jason Voorhees
Y7d4r TIL of a rare form of primordial dwarfism known as Russell-Silver syndrome that is defined by a large head, body asymmetry, and a protruding forehead. Unlike other forms of primordial dwarfism, children with RSS respond well to hormone treatment and can reach normal height if given treatment.
BgnlD TIL that October 23, 4004 BC is the day the earth was created, according to 17th century archduke James Ussher. Happy birthday, earth!