› added 11 months ago

69

TIL Two sailors died when trying to salute then VP Millard Fillmore (Roadside America)

Read more roadsideamerica.com

via reddit.com

Br4Nb TIL about Super Baseball 2020, an early 90's baseball video game where some of the players are robots.
woJdW TIL that The Diomede Islands are only 2.4 miles apart but are in different calendar days due to the International Date Line, 21 hours apart. The Big Diomede (part of Russia), is almost a full day ahead of the eastern island, Little Diomede (part of the USA).
EgxAw TIL cats are attracted to most plants in the "Mint" family, not just Catnip! This includes Menthol found in many rubs and ointments (but it can be poisonous).
paAQ TIL that the smallest form of the US Dollar is the mill. It is worth 1/1000 of a dollar and used mostly in accounting and oil prices.
QNZg9 TIL about Jolly Joseph, an ordinary woman, who shocked India with her involvement in the mysterious deaths of 6 family members over 14 years which were presumed to be normal deaths. Police grew suspicious after noticing a pattern of sudden and exhumed the bodies, leading to her arrest in 2019.