› added 13 years ago

96

TIL: Carrie Fisher and William Shatner have a standing feud about Star Wars vs. Star Trek; George Takei has tried to mitigate.

Read more pcmag.com

via reddit.com

5JRk TIL that Donald trump proposed a onetime tax of 14.25% on individuals and trusts worth $10 million and up in 1999 that would eliminate national debt.
W7Y1B TIL In 2012, a man named Robert Biggs was attacked by a mountain lion while he was out hiking, then a bear saved his life by attacking the lion and driving it away.
lmlr TIL: Earth has about 3600 man made satellites in orbit and about 1000 of those are operational (as of 2013)
ne56B TIL During WW2, twenty five soldiers were killed and another seventy one injured when an RAF pilot mistakenly strafed a crowd observing a military demonstration.
78ror TIL Massachusetts -- famous for its bad drivers and bad roads -- has the lowest road fatality rate of any state