› added 10 months ago

66

TIL that the Oiseau Canari- the first French built and crewed plane to cross the Atlantic- carried an American stowaway

Read more historynet.com

via reddit.com

N7nLQ TIL: a 'State of Emergency ' in Tasmania allows authorized officers to dispose of human remains in the manner that the authorized officer considers appropriate despite any law that would otherwise prevent or restrict that disposal.
R7646 TIL about Germany Schaefer, who played major-league baseball from 1901 to 1918. He liked to steal first base after reaching second to confuse the pitcher. After his retirement, a rule was passed that any player who ran the bases in the wrong direction would be called out.
woJg6 TIL There was a home-made cryogenic “facility” in Colorado with one person in it since 1993.
eAw5 TIL that during WWII, there was an independent committee that rooted out corruption and profiteering. It is credited with saving 14bn dollars and thousands of lives - yet frequent calls for a modern version have not been heard.
4r0R TIL that because of South Park’s Scientology episode, The Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.