› added 12 years ago

378

TIL Iran contracted a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate a Saudi diplomat while in Washington, D.C. The plot was only foiled because the assassin was an informant for the DEA in the War on Drugs.

Read more guardian.co.uk

via reddit.com

5Y06p TIL anti-penis measures were the largest operating costs for the MMO Lego Universe.
epn74 TIL in 2006, a mother and son were convicted of trying to extort money from Cracker Barrel by claiming they found a dead mouse in her soup. Charges were filed after a necropsy showed the mouse had no soup in its lungs and had not been cooked, signs that it was dropped into the soup after its death.
DnpD TIL a mother skinned one of her sons alive and fed his flesh to cannibal relatives, her other son was caged in the cellar
YJyv TIL that Quincy Jones felt that Billie Jean was too weak to be included on Thriller
lowoG TIL hummingbird nests are the smallest in the world. Most species of hummingbirds weave spider silk into the nest for structural support and to make it more elastic to accommodate the offspring as they grow. Often lichen will be attached to the outside of the nest for camouflage.