› added 5 months ago

17

TIL that Jimmy Carter is the only US President to serve a full term without nominating a Supreme Court justice

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

m1map TIL that Henry Hill, whose life was the basis for the movie Goodfellas, was kicked out of the witness protection program in the 1990s and lived until he was 69
KLR9 TIL that William Edmondson, the son of freed slaves, took up sculpting at age 55 after seeing a vision from God. He used found materials and made his own tools out of railroad spikes. Eight years later he was the first Black artist to have a one-man show at MoMA.
YjEP TIL that despite being built as a general service platform to reduce overhead costs, the three F-35 designs have drifted so far apart that it would have been cheaper to initially design three separate aircrafts.
Z8o0B TIL, that the N. Korean Air Force lacks enough jet fuel to train pilots using aircraft, and instead pilots hold a cardboard cutout of an instrument panel while another pilot walks in front of them moving a toy model of the aircraft.
nKkW TIL The US Government and accountability office in 2012 released “a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports.”