› added 10 years ago

160

TIL there was an episode of Tom and Jerry where they both commit suicide, it is narrated by Jerry.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GAnpQ TIL about Loganair Flight 6780, where after falling at a rate of 9500 per minute and only 7 seconds from crashing into the North Sea, a random computer glitch caused the autopilot to disengage. Allowing the pilots to regain control and save the aircraft.
9wA57 TIL the "McDonald's Peace Theory" suggests ‘Countries with McDonald’s within their borders do not go to war with other countries with McDonalds within their borders.’
69LjY TIL of A Book from the Sky. This 1987 book was designed in the style of a medieval Chinese manuscript, but all 4000 Chinese characters in it are invented by the author and have no meaning
69XrY TIL that during Hammurabi’s reign all debt was cancelled for all citizens, in 1792, 1780, 1771, and 1762 BC.
doM9 TIL that intelligent people tend to be messy, stay awake longer, and swear more