› added 4 years ago

97

TIL that Nicolas Winding Refn, director of the movie "Drive", failed his driving test 8 times.

Read more inktank.fi

via reddit.com

Ox47 TIL There is a 100-year-old woman still teaching math at her elementary school in Brooklyn
RXa4 TIL that an 18th century Presbyterian minister’s efforts to mathematically prove the existence of God now helps keep spam out of our inboxes
0wRKj TIL during WWII Soviet scientists defended the world’s largest seed vault through a 900-day siege. Many of the scientists starved amid the crops and fruit, refusing to jeopardize ‘the future of Russia’ to save themselves.
MR4W TIL In 2003, a 727 that once flew for American Airlines disappeared from Angola and prompted a worldwide search by the FBI and the CIA. The plane has never been found.
X0LKD TIL Former US Navy Seal hero Chris Kyle claimed in his book the the US Government sent him to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to kill looters, he claims he sat on top of the Superdome and killed 30 people.