› added 8 years ago

95

TIL “Scooby Doo’s” full name is “Scoobert Scooby Dooby Doo”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rN7G0 TIL that In 1968, North Korea attacked a US spy ship and captured her 83 crew members. In response, the US considered a blockade of N Korean ports, airstrikes on military targets, a land attack across the demilitarized zone, and even nuclear bombardment if the crew were not released.
wLNBY TIL in 559 BC a chinese prisoner was sentenced to death by being flown off the top of a large tower attached to a kite. He survived the flight, and claimed the record of the highest jump survived by a person in the process. He was later starved to death in prison.
woXno TIL Jeepers Creepers (2001) is based on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries (S3E20 - 1991)
AxVl TIL the movie The 5th Element is not only a French film, but was the highest grossing French film until The Intouchables in 2011
epRJk TIL between 28 October 1918 and 9 November 1918, Germany was a parliamentary monarchy. The Chancellor was no longer reliant on the Emperor's confidence, but rather on the parliament, the Reichstag. The consent of the Reichstag was also needed to declare war and conclude peace, not just the Emperor's