› added 9 years ago

465

TIL a man accidentally turned winning lotto ticket black. Forensics analysis was performed and he was able to claim the jackpot.

Read more thelottolife.com

via reddit.com

nermY TIL that the world's sperm whale population consumes almost as much seafood, by weight, as humanity.
mxO6v TIL that Cassowary meat is so tough that people were told to cook it with a stone in the pot. "When the stone is ready to eat, so is the Cassowary."
X4QD TIL Brown eyes are actually blue underneath the brown, and as a result there exists laser surgery to turn brown eyes blue
awJRL TIL that the drink mix Tang wasn't created by or for NASA. It was introduced in 1957 but sold poorly until the U.S. space agency used it for John Glenn's 1962 Mercury mission. Tang was then marketed as what the astronauts drank, but Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin later said, "Tang sucks."
b6LVp TIL: Battle of Blair Mountain: The largest labor uprising in America. A five day battle between 10,000 miners and 3,000 lawmen and strike breakers