› added 2 years ago

158

TIL 39 Heaven's Gate cultists had alien abduction insurance that would pay $1M if anyone was abducted, impregnated, or killed by space aliens.

Read more latimes.com

via reddit.com

0wdvM To conform to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the U.S. must cull its deployed nuclear strategic warheads by roughly 700. Once the National Nuclear Security Administration’s scientists inspect each warhead to determine the best way to take it apart, it goes to Pantex Plant in Texas, the only facility cleared to disassemble nukes.
1aOPV TIL about the Honorable Service Lapel Button or the Ruptured Duck pin. During World War II, members of the armed forces were forbidden to possess civilian clothing unless they were under specific orders to do so. It served as proof that the wearer was an honorably discharged.
AN057 TIL Riding Big Thunder Mountain at Disney World Can Help Pass Kidney Stones
6yrw TIL Daddy LongLegs have penises and are therefore not a spider
e0yxE TIL Mike Tyson has a TV show where him and a team solve mysteries