› added 6 years ago

63

TIL the Rolls-Royce Merlin exhaust gases exited at 1300 mph (2100 kph) and when angled backwards produced 70 pounds-force (32 kg-f) of thrust. This increased the Spitfire's top speed by about 10 mph (16 kph).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OGQXa TIL that the "Once More With Feeling" ep of Buffy The Vampire Slayer was left off the ballot form for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction due to a typo
bXyZ TIL that the Arctic Monkeys’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel had to be canceled because Kanye West talked for too long.
VMQJk TIL Liechtenstein started WWII with an army of 80 men, and came back with 81 after meeting an Italian dude in the mountains
mxDPv TIL Glaucoma is almost always caused by too much pressure inside one or both eyes. People don’t typically experience symptoms until the optic nerve has already been damaged and glaucoma usually occurs later in life, but it can happen at any age
rNWvM TIL that in the US, small business owners are incentivised to buy large, heavy cars rather than small, efficient ones.