› added 12 years ago

151

TIL in WWII, both Allied and Axis forces, specifically pilots, were known to be methamphetamine users, so much so that it was nicknamed “Pilot’s Salt”.

Read more books.google.com

via reddit.com

ANo1o TIL that the youngest person ever executed was 9-year old John Dean in 1629, who was accused of setting fire to two barns/houses in the nearby town of Windsor and was subsequently indicted, arraigned, and convicted on the same day, and was "hanged accordingly".
jNXaE TIL that the H&K gun company makes a version of their machine gun that's hidden inside a suitcase
R7QR7 TIL that to train new operatives during the Cold War, the Soviets built fully functional replicas of American towns. Their residents consisted of retired deep cover operatives who taught the trainees everything they needed to know about blending into American life.
OG5vR TIL about he Hairy Frog, also known as the Wolverine Frog. When threatened, it breaks it's own toe bones so that the sharp ends stick out of it's toes like the X-men's Wolverines claws. The toe bones eventually retract and grow back in place as the tissue heals over the hole.
6EkN7 TIL: In March, a Tokyo Man rappelled down the side of a building using a rope to break into a trading card store on the 6th floor to steal 80 Pokémon and Yu Gi Oh cards worth a million yen. He claimed it was to pay off a debt. He was foiled by security cameras.