Home
Random
Trending
Today
33
posts added
Search
› added
5 years ago
278
TIL that the parachute was invented before the airplane
Read more
popularmechanics.com
via
reddit.com
kOkKW
TIL that Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, eldest brother of Claus, one of the primary architects of the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler, was also executed for his own participation. He was strangled and revived multiple times, and the whole process was filmed for Hitler to view later.
Lk7yd
TIL NASA operates an online interactive 3D map of the solar system with planets and other celestial objects.
JVOj
TIL the Walt Disney company owned an island near Orlando that opened a theme park in 1974 called Treasure Island. The park was later renamed Discovery Island and mysteriously closed in 1999 without any explanation given.
LQmeQ
TIL about Michael Larson, an ice-cream man who in 1984, appeared on the game show “Press Your Luck” having memorized the five pre-determined board cycles and after over 40 spins, won over $100,000 and several holidays.
R5NQ
TIL that singapore used to force visitors to have a haircut as a condition of entry. apparently even transit passengers weren’t exempt from the rule