› added 1 year ago

216

TIL: The E-6B Doomsday plane has a 5 mile long antenna

Read more thedrive.com

via reddit.com

WkQV4 TIL fairies in traditional folklore are considered malevolent creatures to be avoided and warded off, rather than the benevolent creatures modern culture suggests.
AVKw TIL that in North Korea, since every political candidate is chosen by the ruling party, there is only one name on a ballot. A voter may cross off the candidate’s name to vote against him, but must do so with a red pen next to the ballot box in sight of electoral officials.
wLZe6 TIL that Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have banned billboard advertising.
PWoZ TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” The case was dismissed.
5JmR TIL Randy Rhoads is considered one of the best metal guitar players but he didn’t like metal music. He didn’t listen to it and he didn’t own those kinds of records. At the peak of his success he wanted to leave metal to earn a degree in classical guitar.