› added 12 years ago

147

TIL: Pete Seeger came up with the terms “hammer-on”, and “pull-off”

Read more acousticguitar.com

via reddit.com

JdAB TIL in 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
7rxZM TIL Crucifixion is still legal in Sudan
yVk9p TIL that SMS Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig's Westerplatte in the early morning hours of 1 September 1939.
R78rl TIL Robin Williams, as a stand up comedian, would use other comedians material, and it got to the point, that if a comedian saw Williams in the audience of a comedy club, they would stop their act immediately to prevent Williams from writing down their best jokes.
j0Pn TIL that a person will die from lack of sleep sooner than they will from starvation, which usually takes a few weeks. Sleep is more important than food.