› added 7 years ago

602

TIL, Black Panther’s chapter leader, Fred Hampton had a personal bodyguard/Director of Security who was actually an FBI informant. When no illegal activities were reported, the informant under FBI orders, instigated party rifts and incited armed clashes.

Read more reddit.com

via ift.tt

m1j1x TIL that the “eternal flame” at the JFK memorial was accidentally doused 15 days after it was lit in 1963 by kids pouring Holy water on it. It was extinguished one other time in 1967 when the transformer powering the spark igniter was flooded and shorted out during a rain storm.
5jRQ TIL that “Warranty Void if removed” stickers and clauses are illegal under a federal law passed in 1975 called the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The law says that you can open your electronics without voiding the warranty, regardless of what the warranty says.
BrZBd TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids
QNJOa TIL Prince had Epilepsy
KO1JJ TIL Samsung tests their phones using a butt-shaped robot