› added 4 years ago

454

TIL airbags weren't mandatory in US cars until 1998

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

w1lE TIL “when Socrates was asked to propose his own punishment, he suggested a wage paid by the government and free dinners for the rest of his life.”
m1ZOM TIL: Since whales can use echolocation to see under the skin, males of some species of whales have evolved internal "antlers" to impress the lady whales.
wxdM TIL Teddy Roosevelt made a 2 hour speech shortly after an attempted assassination. He correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung. He declined going to the hospital immediately.
E1mVX TIL of the lowland streaked tenrec, a black hedgehog-like creature with yellow-striped quills native to Madagascar. Despite its similar physiology, it is unrelated to hedgehogs, instead acting as an example of convergent evolution. It is sometimes referred to as a "fake hedgehog"
X01BQ TIL Greek tragedian Aeschylus died from a tortoise being dropped on his head by an eagle