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TIL a strange object at the bottem of the sea emits an EMP

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Ajog TIL because Windows XP’s wallpaper was costlier than FedEx’s insurance, Microsoft had to buy a plane ticket for the photographer to personally deliver it to Seattle
9wkpB TIL employers are sometimes less inclined to hire somebody who is overweight
yQkJp TIL of "White Friday"; during World War 1 in Italy an avalanche struck an army barracks killing 270 soldiers. Both Italian and Austrian sides then deliberately fired shells into the weakened snowpacks in an attempt to bury the other side. 10,000 people were killed altogether.
6EDrm TIL that the Sultan of Brunei has a collection of 7000 cars in 110 separate garages inside his palace, including 600 Rolls Royces, 440 Mercedes Benzes, 365 Ferraris, 350 Bentleys, 275 Lamborghinis, 265 Audis, 258 Aston Martins, 237 BMWs, 230 Porsches, 225 Jaguars, 183 Land Rovers, and 172 Bugattis
jgeN TIL The FBI lab has been lying about hair samples for two decades, resulting in innocent death sentences