› added 6 years ago

146

TIL that the cost of developing the B-29 Superfortress exceeded that of the Manhattan Project by ~1 billion (about 50% more)

Read more pwencycl.kgbudge.com

via reddit.com

w8jY TIL Shaq once promised his mother he would earn a college degree. He fulfilled that promise in 2000, earning his bachelor of arts in general studies. At the graduation ceremony, he told the crowd “now I can go and get a real job”.
6EgeX TIL that George RR Martin is a big fan of football, but not of Coach Belichick and the Patriots. In "A Dance with Dragons", he even references the 2007 Superbowl where the Patriots fell after a perfect season to the Giants, naming a character "Belichio" who gets eaten by giants.
L4ed TIL that in the mid-1950s, the US government secretly tested chemical weapons on the citizens of St Louis.
xVOoo TIL the common pigeon is the 7th fastest animal on the planet. The cheetah ranks 12th.
LDPQ TIL that in Jewish folklore, Adam had a wife named Lilith before Eve was created.