› added 4 years ago

142

TIL after conquering China, by 1241 the Mongols were expanding their empire to the west, using Chinese rockets (self-propelled flying bombs) in battles across Eastern Europe. And with them came secret of black powder - the recipe was first written down around 1250 by English scholar Roger Bacon.

Read more needforscience.com

via reddit.com

oBOLo TIL In 2011, Charlie Sheen had a public meltdown and claimed he had 'tiger blood.' Years later, Sheen claimed that he was experiencing 'accidental roid rage' to help boost his old libido.
Y7KbA TIL In the summer of 1967 an extended six years of racial unrest started in Cairo IL. At its height in 1969 there were 170 nights that gunfire was reported in the town. The population of Cairo would decline from 9,348 in 1960 to approximately 2,359 in 2016.
b9W5a TIL a man named Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime and is currently sat on death row awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on whether or not there was racial bias in jury selection
WkoWL TIL The Nike sneaker based on Freddy Krueger was ordered to be destroyed due to legal issues. The already made pairs were covered in oil and set ablaze , just like Freddy was in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film
8DQa TIL that the world record for the most consecutive push ups (i.e. nonstop) by a man was 10,507 reps in 1980 and 302 reps by a woman in 2014