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TIL: Foo Fighters were active AIDS deniers

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x6PGD TIL: Mr. Rogers created controversy by washing his feet in a pool with a black man (which wasn't allowed across most of the U.S. at the time)
woXgM TIL that the deadliest bridge collapse was in 1809 when the Ponte das Barcas bridge in Porto, Portugal, collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. When the French attacked Portugal, thousands of people tried to escape by crossing the bridge, which collapsed under the weight
j6NDX TIL about Kosmos 954, a nuclear powered satellite that crashed into northern Canada in 1978, spreading radioactive debris all over the area. An incident that was largely kept from the locals inhabiting the area at the time.
kM4m TIL bowling lanes have a very thin patterned coat of oil that is crucial to consistently landing a strike.
mwmY TIL Scientists recovered soft tissue and blood vessels from a T. rex dinosaur