› added 2 years ago

63

TIL that "Excited Delirium" was coined by a coroner who claimed nineteen women, all Black prostitutes, died of the condition due to "sexual excitement," but were in fact killed by a serial killer.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8almP TIL Australia’s entire GPS navigation system was found to be off by 4 feet in 2016 when its satellite navigation systems failed to account for tectonic shift—roughly 2.2 inches a year over 2 decades—and threw everything slightly out of position.
yvrl TIL that Mc Donald’s sued Sarah Michelle Gellar when she was 4 years old and banned her for life. She was in a Burger King commercial and called Mickey D’s out so they sued her. It was the first time a competitor called out the competition by name in an ad.
8VZK TIL Bob Marley’s final words to his son Ziggy were, “Money can’t buy life.”
kObBW TIL The Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844
WKLd TIL of Lazzaro Spallanzani, who dressed male frogs in tight pants so that their sperm couldn’t escape into female frogs. He proved that the creation of new life required both the sperm and the egg.