› added 12 years ago

115

TIL that Marilyn Monroe may have had up to 12 abortions

Read more celebritymorgue.com

via reddit.com

Y7BNx TIL that for the last 5 years, a dummy is flying through outer space in a sports car.
oB5K TIL In 2001, a surgeon was in a situation, due to some admitted level of incompetence, that required him to improvise and place a portion of surgical grade stainless steel screwdriver into a patient’s spine. He and his hospital were later sued for $5.6 million. He tells his side of the story here.
X0rn8 TIL Comedian Steven Wright is an Oscar winner
l7Qra TIL A Street in Paris Became Unusable After One Mayor Made It A One Way Exiting His Jurisdiction. The Neighboring Mayor Fearing An Overspill Made His Section A One Way In the Opposite Direction. The French Government Had to Intervene To Make the Road Usable Again.
rVAW TIL that when Coca-Cola wanted to raise the price of the drink in the 1950s, they avoided moving to a price that required the use of more than a single coin (5¢), so they created vending machines where one in every nine bottles was empty so some people would have to pay 10¢ to get a drink