› added 2 years ago

61

TIL about Major Wilbert “Doug” Peterson, who managed to perform the first and only air-to-space kill in history when he shot down a satellite with a F-15A fighter jet on September 13, 1985.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

M7g7K TIL "Don't Mess With Texas" started as a slogan for an anti littering campaign
vmmB TIL that if you pull back and let go of the string of a compound bow without an arrow, it is possible that the bow will explode.
bxwa TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was once covered in highly polished white limestone, before it was removed to build mosques and fortresses.
6EoP7 TIL Charles VI of France suffered mental illness throughout his life, and at one point, he forgot his own name and that he was king. Also when his wife came to visit, he had to ask his servants who she was, and ordered them to give her what she required so she would leave him alone.
9YlMM TIL Uri Geller believes Nintendo 'stole his identity' for the Pokemon Kadabra, and no agreement has yet been reached between the two parties. As a result, there has not been a Kadabra card released in the Trading Card Game since 2003