› added 4 years ago

110

TIL that, if you have a permit, it is legal to fire a missile in south carolina.

Read more scstatehouse.gov

via reddit.com

K9aE TIL in 1943 the Nazis made a propoganda film about the Titanic showing the British as cowards and the Germans as brave. The hero is a German officer who saves third-class passengers and the villan is a British owner of the ship who recklessly crashes the boat while trying to break a speed record.
M7AwV TIL the Letters Q, W, and X were ince illegal in Turkey
Z8JP4 TIL Marie Skłodowska Curie changed the world not once but twice. She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer. She is the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize, and 1st person to win a second Nobel prize.
epkP6 TIL about Tayeb Souami, a New Jersey, originally from Africa, who bought a $5 orange juice from Shoprite. His wife sent him back to return it and get it for $2.50 at a different supermarket. With the refund and $2.50 savings, he bought 2 lottery tickets on a whim and won $315.3 million!
Md10 TIL a Malaphor is an informal term for a mixture of two aphorisms, idioms, or clichés (such as “We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it”).