› added 7 years ago

146

TIL when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he carried with him a piece from the Wright brothers' first airplane

Read more airandspace.si.edu

via reddit.com

RaKQ TIL the world’s hottest vodka at 250,000 scovilles is so hot the manufacturers put a lead seal on the bottle that has to be cut with an wire cutter; and they insist on their website[link] you don’t buy it.
NkeQ TIL a boy born without a brain lived over 12 years before passing away.
nWXxW TIL Chauvet Cave, home to the world's oldest cave paintings, was exceptionally preserved for millennia due to a rock fall sealing its entrance. This natural time capsule kept the ancient artworks untouched for thousands of years.
gwQD TIL James Franco got a “D” in his acting class at NYU. He was filming “127 Hours” around this time.
moZY TIL that a Cornell University study found that a sample of bartenders poured over 20% more liquor into short, wide glasses than into tall, slender glasses. More experienced bartenders were better, but still poured over 10% more into the shorter glasses.