› added 4 years ago

146

TIL that during the carving of Mount Rushmore there were zero fatalities as a result of accidents. That is 14 years (1927-1941) of carving and dynamite blasts without a death.

Read more jeanpatrick.com

via reddit.com

XvJE TIL Brad Pitt consented to the removal of pieces of his front teeth which were restored when filming of “Fight Club” ended
nxyP TIL that a newlywed woman hiking on the Cook Inlet mud flats in Alaska got her leg stuck in the mud as the tide came in. Rescuers kept her alive using a hose as a breathing tube when the water rose past her head, until she lost the tube.
grwg8 TIL that seventy-nine ago, a farmer beheaded a chicken in Colorado, and it refused to die. Mike, as the bird became known, survived for 18 months without its head and became famous.
kJ1RE TIL in 1989 actress Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped a Beverly Hills police office in the face during a traffic stop, was found guilty by a jury and eventually served 3 days in jail.
GXr7 TIL that the $100 billion tobacco industry in Indonesia is virtually unregulated. With grade school aged children as a prime target, it is common for males to start smoking as early as age 6. Tobacco smoke is also used as a holistic treatment for diseases and cancers of the body.