› added 1 year ago

220

TIL the reason that Tokyo doesn’t have any public bins is because of the Tokyo subway sarin attack

Read more psmag.com

via reddit.com

nerbr TIL of Aeroflot Flight 593 - a plane that crashed, causing the deaths of all on board, because the pilot let his kids fly it.
d8aEQ TIL that Zeppo, the youngest Marx Brother, invented a wristwatch that monitored the pulse rate of cardiac patients and gave off an alarm if the heartbeat became irregular. He was a friend of Frank Sinatra, with whom his wife Barbara had an affair and later married. He became a theatrical agent.
rNm9d TIL Light (from a laser) can pick up and levitate tiny pieces of diamond powder
jNxlv TIL that Michael Dorn has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other Star Trek actor in the franchise's history, spanning 5 films and 272 television episodes.
RXA7 TIL that James Doohan (Scotty on ‘Star Trek’) received an honorary doctorate from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The university gave him the degree after half of its students said in a survey that his character had inspired them to choose engineering as a career.