› added 8 months ago

59

TIL the first time a person was charged with drunk driving using an EV was on 10 September 1897

Read more blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

via reddit.com

wLDA6 TIL The Great Hurricane of 1780 is the deadliest atlantic hurricane on record, while likely ravaging islands in the Lesser Antilles as a category 5 storm, it killed at least 22,000 people.
wjbo TIL: There are depictions of Medieval Knights fighting Snails in ancient manuscripts…and nobody knows why
dDwQZ TIL In 2013, the first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China. Scientists were able to create the tooth using epithelial cells extracted from human urine.
wKZY TIL Mike Tyson caught his wife cheating on him with Brad Pitt, in a car he paid for. “You should have seen the look on that pretty boys face when he got out of the car” - Tyson.
QYjE TIL of Johnie’s Coffee Shop in L.A., which closed in 2000 but remains open for filming only; The Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs and American History X have all featured the diner. It was declared a historical landmark in 2013.