› added 2 years ago

77

TIL that a toy poodle called Pulaski's Masterpiece, who was biled as "the most valuable dog", was stolen and he was never found. He mated with poodles owned by famous people such as Judy Garland, Eva Perón and Gary Cooper.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

KOnr9 TIL about Project Azorian. In 1974 the CIA built a gigantic claw and lowered it three miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to snag the entire wreck of a sunken Soviet submarine. And they partially succeeded.
e0KE TIL the security director for Morgan Stanley in the WTC predicted airliners crashing into the towers, drew up a detailed plan accordingly, and used it to swiftly evacuate all but 13 of 2700 Morgan Stanley employees and hundreds more. He died when the buildings collapsed.
KPy9 TIL a tractor trailer’s hitch came loose in Indianapolis and spilled 38,000 pounds of marbles on the roadway.
Z8P9D TIL There is a network of colleges that advocate the use of open licensed textbooks with professors adopting these books into their curriculum. As more textbooks are adopted, eventually students will less likely have to buy textbook for their courses in the future
8eNja TIL Many spices contain significant levels of heavy metals like lead and arsenic, with no clear indicator of safety by brand name, country of origin, or organic status