› added 6 years ago

125

TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.

Read more mysanantonio.com

via reddit.com

VMKoZ TIL Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" was inspired by a young lady he just met, named Amy Lehrhaupt. He tried to contact her for years, but she never appeared, Later he discovered she died before the 1st movie came out. At the of the 3rd movie, on the credits, we can read "Dedicated to to Amy"
E5BX TIL the higher your testable IQ, the less likely you are to develop schizophrenia.
DQOJv TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.
4XB9X TIL that it's impossible to die of skin suffocation. The filmmakers of the James Bond films believed it was a real risk. For Goldfinger, which features a scene of someone dying of skin suffocation due to being painted gold, they had a physician present and cleaned the person as quickly as possible.
rrdM TIL that when Robert Kearns tried to license his intermittent wipers to the “Big Three” auto makers, they rejected his proposal, and used it in their cars anyway.