› added 1 year ago

46

TIL in WW2, a German interrogator realised the best way to get information from prisoners was through kindness

Read more psmag.com

via reddit.com

N7o5N TIL six babies survived after being trapped up to seven days in collapsed hospital during a Mexico City earthquake.
p8exQ TIL If the Planck length is the smallest possible thing, and the observable universe is the largest possible thing, then an object which would roughly sit in the middle of these two sizes would strangely be.... an adult human body.
9Ym57 TIL that to prepare for her role as Annie in Speed, Sandra Bullock actually learned how to drive a bus. She passed the test and got her license on her first try.
v1067 TIL that George Francis Train organized the Union Pacific Railroad. He also traveled around the world in 80 days, which inspired the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days.
aBky TIL a woman sued P. Diddy for 1 trillion dollars, claiming he was behind 9/11 and had fathered her child.