› added 5 years ago

279

TIL In 2008, a British man was arrested for drug possession in Dubai after 0.003 grams of marijuana were detected in his shoe.

Read more uk.reuters.com

via reddit.com

wLGG6 TIL that Ford almost bought Ferrari in the early 60's, but Enzo Ferrari killed the deal when he learned he wouldn't oversee the racing division anymore. Henry Ford II was so pissed that he directed his engineers to build a car that would beat Ferrari at Le Mans, which it did from 1966–1969.
JYbwl TIL: Since its unveiling, the President of the United States has almost always sent a funeral wreath to be laid at the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery every Memorial Day.
wLKLE TIL the CPU from the original PlayStation guided a probe to Pluto
M7gPK TIL that a Prius once recorded 698 mpg while going at an average speed of 60 km/h or 37 mph
aNgb TIL Robert Lopez, co-writer of Let It Go from Frozen, co-created and co-wrote Avenue Q and The Book Of Mormon, guest wrote a South Park episode, wrote four songs for the Scrubs episode My Musical, and is one of 12 people to have ever won EGOT: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.