› added 8 years ago

138

TIL a die hard football fan ran onto the field during a game and was sentenced to serve his jail time during the Super Bowl. He was also ordered not to watch or listen to the game.

Read more apnewsarchive.com

via ift.tt

b6XxE TIL there’s a sound in Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony that requires a giant hammer(or similar equipment) to make — now called the ‘Mahler hammer’.
9YlJr TIL if any crimes occur at the McMurdo station in Antarctica, the US attorney in the district of Hawaii handles the case
YQYP TIL that Alaska might be unprofitable. Some economists argue that since Russia sold it in 1867, the US has spent more on purchasing and governing Alaska than the tax and mining/oil royalty revenue it has produced, and that oil companies’ profits there are insufficient compared to their investments.
p8glp TIL that the Egyptian pyramids are not in the middle of the desert and just 200 meters away from the nearest neighborhood of Cairo. There even is a golf course near the foot of the Cheops pyramid.
0wV4N TIL of Frances Oldham Kelsey - who refused to authorize thalidomide for release in the US despite pressure from the drug's manufacturer. The drug caused tens of thousands of infant deaths and deformities in 46 other countries around the world.