› added 7 months ago

27

TIL about the Chamblee hostage incident, where a man, believing Domino's "Noid" mascot was mocking him, took hostages in a restaurant with a fake gun in 1990.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VMbnG TIL that George Michael, The Beatles, Elton John (Under Dionne & Friends for the song That's What Friends Are For) and Elvis Presley are the only four artists to have ever achieved a year end number 1 hit twice.
M7er0 TIL about the Rotogravure, an 125-year old rotary printing press technique still used for pictures, postcards, and cardboard products.
7re7O TIL that airplanes will perform a "fuel dump" if they need to land earlier than expected. This is because airplanes can take off with more weight than they can land with, and the fuel makes of 80% of the aircraft's weight at takeoff.
e0bkk TIL In 1989 a Crane Operator in San Francisco has Dumped a Stone Parking Barrier in the Golden Gate Park. 4 Years Later local Hindus discovered that stone and began worshipping it until the authorities remove it in 1994.
xVe8k TIL that tennis and basketball courts sometimes develop "dead spots" where the ball doesn't bounce