› added 5 years ago

111

TIL in 1981 Dr. Michael Shannon, a pediatrician back then, saved the life of a 3.2 pounds new-born Chris Trokey, who had a 50/50 chance at surviving. In 2011, Trokey returned the favor as a paramedic when he helped saving a seriously injured Dr. Shannon from a car accident.

Read more ktla.com

via reddit.com

W4Q9 TIL David Kelly, a weapons expert, was found dead in July 2003, a month after claiming that what appeared to be Iraq’s mobile weapons laboratories, were facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons. He was questioned by the parliamentary committee two days prior to his death.
womQE TIL During prohibition the Chesterfield Club in Kansas City sold marijuana instead of alcohol, and waitresses in "cellophane aprons" served it with their pubic hair shaved into the four suits of playing cards.
N7NaQ TIL about Dr.Beatrice 'Tilly' Shilling who, during the Battle of Britain, invented a device preventing fighter planes engines from shutting down during negative G maneuvers. The device became known as "Miss Shilling's orifice".
YPDB TIL that pitch has a viscosity 230 billion times that of water. There is an experiment at U of Queensland; pitch was allowed to drip in 1930, and since that time only 8 drops have fallen. The last drop fell on 28/11/00, and the next drop is expected to fall this year.
yQLgw TIL that when people complained of long baggage claim waits, Houston airport — rather than speeding up wait times — made flyers walk further to reach their belongings. Service was then perceived to be quicker and better.