› added 5 years ago

654

TIL in 1941, when a General asked Winston Churchill for more men to man Antiaircraft guns, Churchill replied "No, I can’t spare any men, you’ll have to use women." Mary Churchill (18), Winston Churchill's youngest daughter was among the first to join and rose to the rank of Junior Commander in 1944.

Read more telegraph.co.uk

via reddit.com

5YQxr TIL an SR-71 Blackbird once flew from Los Angeles to Washington DC in 64 minutes. Average speed: 2,145mph.
dKgK TIL goats scream just like humans (yes, exactly like in the Doritos super bowl commercial).
oBBwE An electrical implant known as a deep-brain stimulator is giving some patients a new start.
XEK1X TIL about Josef "Joybubbles" Engressia, a blind 7 year old who discovered that whistling the fourth E above middle C (a frequency of 2600 Hz) would interfere with AT&T's automated telephone systems and activate phone switches.
wLEA1 TIL that when dashboard lights were first used in cars they were called "idiot lights" because drivers were frustrated by the warning lights used in place of gauges, making it more difficult to detect issues early since they only activated after one occurred.