› added 9 months ago

30

TIL that to prepare for his role as Kyle Reese in the 1984 film The Terminator, Michael Biehn studied the Polish Resistance Movement of WW2.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

AnPn TIL that the Nederlandsche Cocaïnefabriek sold cocaine to all sides of WWI, making tremendous profits for the company and neutral Holland.
m1JBM TIL that in 1994, a Washington State man’s death sentence was overturned because the Judge believed that the man’s weight could cause him to be decapitated by the scheduled hanging - deeming him “too obese to hang”
WkX88 TIL of William Howard Hughes, a United States Air Force officer with security clearance and expertise in rocket self-destruct technology, vanished in 1983. Authorities feared he had defected to the Soviet Union. In June 2018, he was found living in California under an assumed name.
AgMw TIL in 1882, a house, 5 ft wide, 4 stories high and 104 ft deep was erected on Lexington Ave, NYC to “spite” the neighbor, and block his views. It was known as “Spite House”.
e0dw5 TIL that the Heaviside Layer, best known for having to do with reincarnating cats in the musical "Cats," is real, and is the reason why you can hear further radio stations at night.