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TIL the chainsaw was invented to be utilized during childbirth…

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vRKB TIL in 1946 US researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates and insane asylum patients to test the effectiveness of Penicillin.
9kpG TIL in the original script of The Big Lebowski the Dude’s car was a Chrysler LeBaron, however the car was not big enough to fit John Goodman so it was changed to a Ford Torino.
gMgo4 TIL, metal lunchboxes at schools were being used as weapons in the 1970s, and that metal was being phased out with something else while the last metal lunchbox made for school children was discontinued in 1985.
dlyB TIL Harry Truman was once a member of the KKK
KWr4 TIL Norwegian Air Shuttle set up a public poll asking customers to pick a famous Norwegian historic figure whose picture would decorate the aircraft’s tailfin. Euronymous, founder of the black metal band Mayhem, lead the poll.