› added 4 years ago

124

TIL that even luxurious brands still use cheap labor and animals that are used for their skin and fur live in brutal conditions

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

9gw7 TIL after explosion of faulty engine LOT Polish Airlines pilots fought for control of burning aircraft for 30 minutes. They almost made it back to the airport. About 2 minutes from the runway the aircraft crashed into a forest. Last recorded crew message was “Good night! Goodbye! Bye, we’re dying!”
WkjpL TIL that E. C. Segar, cartoonist behind Popeye, died at age of only 43 from leukemia and liver disease in 1938. He worked on Popeye for only 9 years.
ywWM TIL of Project PACER, an attempt to produce power from nuclear bombs by detonating them in an underground cavity full of water, and using the steam to drive a turbine. It was cancelled due to the controversy surrounding nuclear bombs.
GAWAE TIL Atari once released a pinball machine called Hercules that measured seven feet tall, eight feet long and three feet wide. You used pool cue ball to play it.
LQxEm Today I Learned that Little Miss Strange is a Jimmi Hendrix song.