› added 8 years ago

115

TIL George Lucas originally intended to be a race-car driver, but in 1962, his car flipped, nearly killing him, and causing him to lose interest in racing.

Read more contactmusic.com

via reddit.com

wLK7P TIL New Zealands first tank (the Bob Semple tank) was built from a tractor, sheet metal and 6 machine guns. When ridiculed for the design Bob Semple said "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
M56a TIL: 70,000 people died during the 2003 heatwave in Europe.
LQoxV TIL that almost 40% of the schizophrenics die from complications of cardiovascular disease which is seen to be increasingly associated
6Nwl TIL that if the Jumping Ant queen dies, the workers will struggle for dominance and one will emerge as the new queen. It will swell in size, start laying eggs, and live up to 10 times longer than it would have as a worker.
PYY4G TIL Tanks are called tanks because, when they were introduced in WWI, the British were trying to fool the Germans into thinking the weapons were water carriers for the Middle Eastern front of the war.