› added 4 years ago

129

TIL Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz ("enormous tits"), holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts. By American bra estimation, her measurements would put her in a 48V bra.

Read more guinnessworldrecords.com

via reddit.com

BrpJd TIL that a woman, whose husband died fighting the Nazis, requested to be allowed to drive a tank to avenge her husband. She proved herself a skilled tank driver, died from injuries obtained in battle, and was posthumously named Hero of the Soviet Union.
N7vKP TIL Ronald Reagan's chief of staff's name
KO7Z6 TIL Laughter evolved from labored breathing, and people are 24 times more likely to tell apart friends from strangers based on a short audio clip of the two groups laughing.
QYYX TIL although film studios and music labels continue to mark their products with “all rights reserved”, this has had no legal effect since 2000.
5MVR TIL water rights in Bolivia were privatized and sold to a foreign corporation in 1999. Water rates increased 35% to about $20 a month. Many of the new clients only earned about $100 a month, and this was more than they spent on food.