› added 6 years ago

643

TIL in 1929 the Empire State Building added a 222-foot “dirigible mooring mast”, where parked airships could offload passengers to the tip of the tallest building in the world.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

VMJWQ TIL bubble gum is traditionally pink because its inventor wanted to mask the gray color of the original formula with the dye he had on hand: red.
a1BZ TIL Gary Plauche killed his son’s kidnapper and sexual abuser in a busy airport as he returned for trial.
kOmLB TIL that OJ Simpsons was originally cast to play Terminator, but James Cameron didn't think OJ would be believable as a killer.
Ymnd TIL that Scientology is the fastest shrinking cult in the history of recorded cults
R5R16 TIL of Académie de Saint-Luc a guild of painters and sculptors set up in Paris in 1391, it was dissolved in 1777 following such a successful exhibition that the Royal Academy issued an edict to abolish guilds, brotherhoods, and communities of arts and crafts.