› added 6 years ago

282

TIL Julie Andrews lost the ability to sing due to a botched vocal surgery in 1997

Read more people.com

via reddit.com

VMNjm TIL that "baby on board" stickers aren't just suburban mums being themselves, it's actually for emergency services to know to look for a baby in a crash
grOJy TIL: A TACA airliner had both engines flame out on approach to New Orleans. The one-eyed pilot safely landed the plane on a levee. In lieu of towing the plane away, the two engines were replaced on scene and then took off from a public street.
4kvnR TIL in Shanghai every weekend there is a marriage market, parents and grandparents of unmarried adults gather in a park and trade information on their children/grandchildren (height, weight, income, occupation...) with the goal to find them a suitable partner.
Wk4nX TIL many universities in the US charge students athletic fees in order to fund college sports. The University of Virginia, for example, will charge $678 for the 2020-2021 school year.
r1Jd TIL A stone phallus weighing 2.2 tons was unearthed in rural Ohio.