› added 6 years ago

90

TIL: A Russian man saved the world by ignoring the commands of a missile detection system. His gut instincts were correct. it was a false alarm. There were no nukes coming from the United States. It was some clouds that fooled the sensors.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

D1Dbr TIL Christopher Columbus had experienced a hurricane or tropical storm in 1495 near Hispaniola, the first known recorded and reported hurricane ever. He later declared that "nothing but the service of God and the extension of the monarchy" would induce him to expose himself to such danger.
R5rWl TIL Jenette Goldstein played Vasquez in Aliens and John Conner's Stepmom in Terminator 2
Oo6r4 TIL about Emma Kelly, the lady of 6000 songs. When asked to go through a playbook and it was found she could sing and play piano for 6000 songs from start to finish. She achieved some notoriety after appearing in the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
W7Eo9 TIL that a Photographer was rewarded 1.2 Million USD because a Bird Control Company used his Picture of a Dove without Permission although the Company had hired him for the Picture in the first place. They had continued to use it anyway outside the original contractual Purpose.
4kJkX TIL that if your turn signal is clicking on your dash faster than usual it means that side has a faulty blinker. It is called hyper flashing