› added 10 years ago

313

TiL in China a large industry developed using sewage as cooking oil.

Read more m.washingtonpost.com

via reddit.com

xVAw1 TIL the movie 'Seven Pounds' about a man (Will Smith) giving the gift of life to seven strangers, foregone the usual Hollywood premiere and instead chose Cleveland, Miami, Dallas, St. Louis, and Denver to premiere the film to raise funds for food banks in each region.
gQaA TIL the total cost of the Challenger Space Shuttle recovery by the Navy ($13.1 million) was equal to the street value of a duffle bag of cocaine found during the search
VMWlD TIL Joe Trombino was an armored truck guard who was seriously wounded in a 1983 armed robbery, was at the epicenter of the 1993 WTC bombing just hours before it went off, and eventually died on 9/11 when the first tower collapsed on him during a delivery
8a77b TIL of Misophonia, a condition in which annoying noises (chewing, swallowing, etc) can cause people to feel extreme rage
yVbeX TIL the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university, Yung Wing, arrived at Yale in 1850 and later helped send 120 more students to America.