› added 4 years ago

407

TIL that metal blade of a Guillotine weighs about 88.2 lbs.

Read more aphfmuseum.org

via reddit.com

6WOm TIL in 1998 Iran was prepared to invade Afghanistan and oust the Taliban from power. Talks with the United States persuaded Iran not to.
nWBQG TIL that there are crystals that suddenly cannot be recreated, having been replaced globally by more stable forms via global contamination of microscopic seed crystals
KYWK9 TIL of dazzle camouflage on ships, which consisted of complex geometric shapes and patterns intended to disrupt the ship’s outline and thereby confuse the enemy on the trajectory of the ship
wAVP TIL that Washington DC contributes more in federal taxes than 19 states, yet citizens only have one nonvoting representative in the House, none in Senate, and had no electoral votes until 1961. Some say it is “Taxation without Representation” and the UN has cited the US on the issue since 2006.
ANkPn TIL A Ship owned by JP Morgan Chase seized in $1.3 billion cocaine in 2019.