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TIL Iran’s Air Force Flies American-Made F-14 Tomcats

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d8g6r TIL In 1943 German student Sophie Scholl was sentenced to death for her role in the White Rose non-violent resistence group. The entire process of being taken from her cell to being executed by guillotine was recorded as having taken 48 seconds.
LOYV TIL if you start “The Poseidon Adventure” at 23:35:19pm, you’ll experience New Years at the same time as it’s celebrated on the Poseidon
GYggJ TIL Human saliva contains a chemical compound called Opiorphin, a painkiller six times more powerful than Morphine.
yQ9ap TIL In 2004, a Belgian man was issued a speeding ticket that claimed his Mini was going at 3380 kph (2,100 mph/mach 3) at the time.
N7pMQ TIL about the powers of Queen Elizabeth II, that she can fire the whole Australian government, has her own personal poet, can drive without a license, owns every Dolphin in British waters