Home
Random
Trending
Today
26
posts added
Search
› added
8 years ago
106
TIL that Tomahawk missiles cost $1.59 million
Read more
wikipedia.org
via
ift.tt
kOb8e
TIL that Kurt Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, WA says "Welcome to Aberdeen. Come As You Are".
yQDEl
TIL a chimpanzee's longest sentence was, "Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you."
ADPYx
TIL English sailor, William Adams, had landed in Japan, after his crew had been plagued by violent attacks, terrible weather, and fatal illness. Upon the crew's arrival, Adams earned a position as an adviser to the Shogun, Ieyasu, and the status of being one of the first Western Samurais.
PYPZE
TIL a study was conducted involving separating infant twins through an adoption agency to study nature vs nurture . The twins involved in the experiment were never given knowledge of the study and the findings never published. The records are contained at Yale and will not be released until 2066.
EgMO7
TIL that Japan received its first female fighter pilot in 2018. She was inspired as a child by Top Gun but could not become a combat aviator until the JSDF began accepting female candidates in 2015.