› added 5 years ago

391

TIL the Apollo moonshot rocket was fueled by kerosene

Read more aoghs.org

via reddit.com

b4a4 TIL the worlds first successful penis transplant patient had it removed 2 weeks later due to his wife’s “psychological rejection”
4XBNR TIL that the standard "Briefcase Full of Money" in film is an aluminium Zero Halliburton. These briefcases have appeared in over 200 films and TV shows, and are also believed to hold the U.S. nuclear football
b6Xa0 TIL that Paul Rudd and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have co-owned Samuel's Sweet Shop in Rhinebeck, New York since 2014. They rescued the store from closure after the previous owner, a friend of theirs, passed away.
8dVX TIL During prohibition, people used to get prescriptions for ‘medical’ wine and alcohol, just like today with weed.
7raDp TIL of the Caterpillar Club, whose members consist solely of people who’ve escaped out of a failing plane and lived. The club was founded by an army test pilot who bailed out of a plane in 1922 and decided that anyone else who’s ever survived this ordeal would become an automatic member.