› added 12 years ago

135

TIL Thomas Edison’s last breath is stored in a test tube

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rdbX TIL of the time footballer (later manager) Mark Hughes played in two matches, in two separate countries, on the same day. In November 1987, he played for Wales against Czechoslovakia in Prague. After the game he was quickly flown to Germany where he came on as a substitute for Bayern Munich.
oBZ4r TIL that it is estimated that the world's 25 million tons of spiders kill 400–800 million tons of prey per year.
RN5w TIL Russia Outproduces Saudi Arabia in Oil Production by 1,000,000 barrels per day.
BxOd TIL the wife of a close friend of the Bush family funneled money to bank account used by two 9/11 hijackers.
NPaP TIL that 80% of the Germans killed in WWII were killed by Russians.