› added 9 years ago

72

TIL that out of 262 Blue Angels pilots, 26 have been killed during training or show accidents, giving the job a 10% fatality rate.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

JYD7v TIL that the Boston Museum of Science pulled a publicity stunt July 4, 1984 to promote their new dinosaur exhibit by carrying a 34 foot, 1,000 lbs., brontosaurus replica through downtown Boston by helicopter.
ne867 TIL that in 1940 Disney's movie "Fantasia" invented the concept of stereo sound, eventually changing the music industry forever. To promote the film, Disney created a surround sound system called "Fantasound" that used multiple speakers spread across a room to immerse audiences in the film's music
4k09R TIL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world with over 100 million (104,653,451) passengers passing through in 2023. The busiest domestic route from the airport is Orlando Florida, while the busiest international route is Cancún, Mexico.
Y11r TIL When Walter Washington, the first mayor of Washington D.C. and first African-American mayor of major US city, sent his proposed budget to congress, Democratic Representative John L. McMillan sent a truckload of watermelons to his office in response.
p8LJe TIL the word rooster was coined by English colonial protestants in the 1700s as an alternative to the word cock, in order to avoid the vulgar connotations. Until relatively recent times, this was primarily an Americanism, with most of the English speaking world still using cock for a male chicken.