› added 3 years ago

80

TIL The speed of sound is different on Mars from what it is on Earth

Read more mars.nasa.gov

via reddit.com

wLP4J TIL Chicago mobster Sam DeStefano loaned money at interest rates of 25% by week to very high-risk debtors such as drug addicts, in order to torture them in his cellar when they defaulted
rNWZM TIL that Former U.S. Senator and Actor George Murphy is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
78P87 TIL that the longest wedding veil ever was longer than 63 football fields! It was worn by a woman named Maria Paraskeva from Cyprus in 2018 and measured 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches long. The veil required a team of 20 people to carry it and took more than a year to create.
loPy5 TIL Alexander Hamilton was only 18 when the American Revolution began
gok4 TIL dust / dirt devils are called “djin” meaning “genie” or “devil” in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and Jordan. This is where the mythical genie came from and why genies are typically depicted without legs.