› added 9 years ago

148

TIL when a US Navy ship returns from deployment the first sailors allowed off the ship are sailors whose wives gave birth while they were away

Read more cbsnews.com

via reddit.com

4w0a TIL: Some tarantulas will keep frogs as “pets” to protect their eggs from insects.
Lk8K0 TIL that because of its high sulfur content, the lava from Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano glows blue
w4K6 TIL: Sigurd ‘The Mighty’ recieved a great case of karma. Sigurd challenged Máel Brigte 'The Tusk’, to a 40-man-a-side battle. Treacherously, Sigurd brought 80 men, and The Tusk was beheaded. Sigurd tied the head to his horse but The Tusks buckteeth scratched Sigurd’s leg and he died from infection.
M7bwK TIL about "Hobson's Choice". It labels an illusion of free choice where only one thing is actually offered.
VM85G TIL In 1967 Michael J. Adams (Maj USAF) flew an X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles and qualified as an astronaut according to the U.S. definition of the boundary of space. Moments later the craft broke apart, killing Adams and destroying the X-15-3. He was the first American space mission fatality.