› added 4 years ago

88

TIL that in 1976 a graduate student in chemistry tried to create a legal high and accidentally produced a poison, which triggers symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. He also used it himself.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GALM5 TIL in 2007, Hamburg Mannheimer International (HMI), now part of Munich Re, held a party in Budapest with 20 prostitutes to reward 100 of its best salesmen
0wD4j TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.
1amXV TIL That of "Rabbit Starvation" where you can waste away and even die if you're eating meat with little to no fat on it
OGY5L TIL that it is tradition for the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons to be ceremoniously "dragged" to his seat by other Members of Parliament.
9wrxG TIL about Sergeant Siwash. A duck in the US Marine Corps. During WWII known as The Devil Duck