› added 1 year ago

130

TIL President McKinley was assassinated at the world's fair

Read more images.history.com

via reddit.com

6xbQ TIL a drunk Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea for shooting down a spy plane. Henry Kissinger intervened and made him sober up before deciding.
og5L TIL emails over six months old can be accessed by the US government without a warrant, as they are considered “abandoned”.
v1LGR TIL A cat's tongue is a high tech comb. The spikey things on their tongues are hollow so it can store saliva and transfer it to the skin through its fur.
d5dj TIL there is a region called the Eridanus Supervoid which is a cold spot ~5 degrees above absolute zero and has been theorized to be an imprint of a parallel universe.
7r70O TIL that there are four national cemeteries that are allowed to fly their flags at half mast all the time - Pearl Harbor, Gettysburg, Arlington, and Mackinac Island