› added 12 years ago

568

TIL: China used RPGs to disperse rain clouds during the olympics

Read more science.howstuffworks.com

via reddit.com

d8JbE TIL Lady Jane Grey was the unofficial Queen of England for 9 days after Edward VI nominated her before his death since he didn’t want his Catholic sister, Mary I, to take the throne. She was beheaded by Mary I for treason
8eAwb TIL that In N Out’s fries are so soggy because they only fry them once.
n9OY TIL the welfare state was originally a right-wing invention by arch-conservative Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck hated socialism, but he wasn’t an ideologue. He figured out that if you don’t provide a minimum safety net to workers, they will be persuaded by the socialists.
GA5EQ TIL: There was a planned Führermuseum in Germany that was expected to be completed in 1950 which would be a large art museum intended to be filled with thousands of confiscated artwork from the war. Many artworks intended to be displayed were re-looted when they lost and lost forever.
pYR58 TiL That Aphex Twin once played a set using sandpaper instead of vinyl - and a blender