› added 10 months ago

166

TIL that US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not.

Read more transportation.gov

via reddit.com

MJb0 TIL Nazis once bred violent super-cows in an attempt to resurrect the extinct aurochs of German lore.
0w1Jp TIL the line of thinking 'If I Can't Have It, Neither Can You' is called 'Crab Mentality' because when a crab in a bucket is trying to escape, the others will pull it down
0Ljy TIL: In 1963, an East German soldier named Wolfgang Engels stole a tank and drove it through the Berlin Wall at top speed to try and escape.
6bNZ TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.
E1J9o TIL that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves living in Tennessee (or any other state under Union control).