› added 11 years ago

169

TIL that in Soviet Russia, laser weapons were developed for cosmonauts to kill astronauts by burning holes through their space suit.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6EA9X TIL that John Lennon repeatedly denied that the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is about LSD, and that he got the inspiration for the song when his son brought home a drawing of his friend Lucy who was in the sky with diamonds.
GAYEj TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.
BQ7d TIL one 32oz McDonald’s sweet tea had as much sugar as 2.5 snickers bars!
9w7br TIL a surgeon named Robert Liston performed a surgery that had a 300% mortality rate. He amputated his patient's leg in under 2 and a half minutes who died from gangrene, amputated his assistant's fingers who also died from gangrene, and cut the coat tails of a spectator, who died from shock.
BgGEW TIL that Disney Classics Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi were all commercial failures when they were originally released.