› added 10 months ago

135

TIL United airlines promised to help a blind woman off a plane once everyone had gotten off but they just left her there and the maintenance crew had to help her out

Read more cbc.ca

via reddit.com

OGK7 TIL Eminem’s wife slit her wrists after attending one of his concerts and hearing a song about her called ‘Kim’.
6969m TIL that in ancient Babylon, doctors who failed to cure a patient or caused death could have their hands cut off as punishment
p8gbO TIL Hank Williams Jr.’s signature look of a beard, sunglasses and Cowboy hat is due in part to a near-fatal rock climbing accident in the 70s that shattered his skull and required significant rehab to even speak again
lpm1 TIL that the “Cadillac-driving welfare queen” made famous by Reagan’s speeches was a real person – and her crime and deception extended far beyond welfare fraud.
j6eeQ TIL that the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, was directly influenced by Ken Kesey's experiences while working the graveyard shift at a mental health facility.