› added 5 months ago

19

TIL a 1986 Cleveland charity event released 1.5 million balloons, causing car accidents, airport closures, and hindering a Coast Guard search that ended with two drownings.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6R1w TIL an astronaut threw a boomerang while in a space station and it returned to him. As long as there is air to provide the necessary forces, a boomerang will return to its thrower, even in the weightlessness of Earth’s orbit.
jNwYQ TIL about Hemimastix kukwesjijk which is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa. It constitutes an entirely new Kingdom, a new branch on the tree of life.
KOWJ TIL Happy Hour is illegal in Ireland since 2003
neb7d TIL In the year 2000, in what is considered the most dominant season of golf in history, Tiger Woods was 160 under for 36 rounds and averaged a staggering 67.33. He had a total of 9 wins, 3 being in a row.
QNlQa til, erithrytol (artificial sweetner used in sparkling water and other things) can cause cardiac issues.