› added 10 years ago

115

TIL Four AH-64 Apaches helicopters were destroyed by mortar fire in Iraq, because US soldiers took pictures of them landing at their base, and posted the pictures to the internet. But the pictures were geotagged, enabling the enemy to determine the exact location of the Apaches.

Read more army.mil

via reddit.com

4nno TIL Japanese Macaques have local accents, just like humans. They also season their food (in salt water) and roll snowballs for fun.
9YeZp TIL Artificial sweeteners make our brains crave more real sugar, as there is no caloric reward from sugar substitutes. Diet soda drinkers are twice as likely to become obese, over those who don't drink diet soda.
0dADA TIL the average duration of power outages doubled from 2015 to 2021, in the U.S.. On average, people experienced 7 hours of power interruptions in 2021
lBNa TIL A fighter jet pilot shot his own plane down by flying into his own bullets.
ykgp TIL that a software company buried a $1000 prize deep within its Terms Of Service just to see if anyone reads them. It took 5 months and 3000 sales for someone to respond