› added 4 years ago

416

TIL after the horrific murder, beheading, and cannibalization of a Greyhound passenger in 2008 the company had to pull their advertising campaign which extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel and stated, "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage".

Read more cbsnews.com

via reddit.com

yVBve TIL that Leonid Rogozov was not squeamish - an only doctor among 13 (talk about unlucky!) researchers at an Antarctic station, he performed a successful appendectomy on HIMSELF, helped by two assistants whose roles were to: a) pass him instruments; b) hold a mirror so that he could see better
e0gaD TIL Halley's comet was depicted in the famous 11th century Bayeux Tapestry which recounts the story of Duke William the Bastard conquering England in 1066.
KOXb9 TIL that all navel oranges are genetic clones of a single mutated tree discovered by a missionary in Brazil in the 1800s.
0wNZL TIL it's cheaper to adopt a black baby than other types of children. Adopting biracial, Latino, Asian or Caucasian children typically has a longer waiting list than for black children. The agencies cut the cost of adopting black children as a means of creating incentive.
QNyb6 TIL that a woman in Pennsylvania needed a life-saving liver transplant, but she kept testing positive for alcohol, which prevented her from getting a transplant, despite swearing that she hadn’t been drinking. The doctors were confused, and it later turned out that her body produced its own alcohol.