› added 9 years ago

143

TIL Pointing a laser at an airplane in the U.S. can get you up to 20 years in prison, and a quarter of a million dollars fine.

Read more fbi.gov

via reddit.com

OZ0a TIL that Coca-Cola had a price of 5¢ for over 70 years (1886-1959) and at one point the company tried to raise the price by asking the U.S. Treasury to issue a 7.5¢ coin.
lovwV TIL That Steve Jobs died of Pancreatic Cancer because he choose alternative healing methods instead of having surgery to remove the tumor.
m1GQp TIL California was mistakenly depicted as an island on maps for nearly 150 years. This error, due to a Spanish friar's mistake in 1603 and spread by Dutch pirates, persisted until 1747 when King Ferdinand VI of Spain had to officially decree "California is not an island" to finally debunk the myth.
gM4D TIL California makes the same amount of money as Italy every year, and that Texas makes as much as Russia.
a889Z Til that the smallest chameleon ever discovered is 21.66mm long and it's genitals make up 20% of its body length.