› added 5 years ago

505

TIL that the Fallout mascot isn’t giving a thumbs up. He’s testing to see if he’s within the radiation zone. The government used to instruct citizens to test if the mushroom cloud is larger than their thumbs. If it is, they are in the radiation zone and should evacuate.

Read more aminoapps.com

via reddit.com

kJ1NW TIL in the weeks following the Titanic sinking, over 118,000 people had joined the “just missed it club”, claiming they had missed or canceled their trip at the last moment
5YgVD TIL Wallace and Gromit saved Wensleydale Cheese. The company was on the brink of closing down, before a chance mention in an animated short. Sales increased shortly afterwards, saving the company.
eZ06 TIL that despite only making cameo appearance, Stan Lee has now moved up to the 3rd highest grossing US box office actor of all time
9wWep TIL that the term limelight (as in being in the limelight or spotlight) dates to a time when actual quicklime was burned to create an intense white light, which could then illuminate a stage
VMjNQ TIL South Africa has three separate capitals for each of its governmental branches: Pretoria for the executive, Cape Town for the legislative, and Bloemfontein for the judicial.