Home
Random
Trending
Today
15
posts added
Search
› added
2 years ago
117
TIL Germans refer to cell phones as 'handys'
Read more
cellularnews.com
via
reddit.com
vb1D
TIL that Adam Rainer was a dwarf at age 21, (standing 3 feet 10 inches, 118cm) but began to grow at an astonishing rate. When he died, he was 7 feet 8 inches (234cm) tall.
4BKa
TIL a man’s enormous 12-pound facial tumour could have been treated when he was a teenager, but his mother wouldn’t let him get surgery because she was a Jehovah’s Witness.
KOLv9
TIL that the Allman Brothers Band's road manager murdered a club owner over $500, but was later declared not guilty by reason of insanity arguing that working for the hard-partying Allmans literally drove him crazy.
ADJXx
TIL a Danish company modified a version of thale cress (plant), that changes from green to red when being near landmines, because of the nitrogen dioxide gas released from landmines. This way you can detect landmines and save lives.
D1WoJ
TIL in Germany companies who want to participate in a tendering process for public educational establishments must sign a declaration which states that they don't agree to or make use of L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology doctrines. This is defined by law through a so-called "Schutzklausel".