› added 11 years ago

67

TIL Thomas Midgley, Jr. a chemists and mechanical engineer, “had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth’s history.” and unintentionally killed himself.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N7DK8 TIL that Daylight Savings Time has been shown to increase the rate of heart attacks (AMI’s) by 24% the morning of the time change. Scientists think this is due to the change in our sleep cycle. Conversely, when the time switches back, the study showed a 21% decrease in AMI’s that day.
JNwl TIL Jack Daniels broke his toe kicking his safe because he forgot the combination. He later died from an infection of that broken toe.
VwEG TIL-Mel Blanc’s natural voice was that of Sylvester the Cat’s, but without the lisp.
QZa9 TIL that, adjusted for inflation, Afghanistan has sucked in more money than was spent stabilising all of Europe under the Marshall Plan after WWII
GyZJ TIL for each person that died on 9/11 the US has spent $1.6 Billion to fighting the War on Terror (5 Trillion divided by 3,000)