› added 7 years ago

344

TIL that William Henry Harrison only spent a month in office.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

ZpxPR TIL - Sati Handprints. When the maharaja died in 1847, his 6 wives and 58 concubines all burned with him on the pyre.
owKA TIL If you are feeling lonely in Japan, you can rent a Japanese middle-aged man for $10 an hour
aYAJ TIL in 1982, someone laced Tylenol capsules on store shelves across Chicago with cyanide, killing seven. While the perpetrator of this crime was never found, it did usher in the development of tamper-proof packaging for over-the-counter drugs, which is now an industry standard.
KOV7G TIL about ATLAS-I, aka Trestle, the world's largest structure made entirely of wood, glue laminate, wooden bolts/nuts and sufficient to support a fully loaded B-52 bomber (for elevated EMP testing) 1,000 ft long, 125 ft (about 12 stories) tall, and constructed of 6.5 million board-feet of lumber.
gMnPD TIL that film score composer Hans Zimmer saw the Lion King as a metaphor of a son loosing his father at a young age, which tragically also happened to him. "Suddenly I am writing a requiem for my father, and the whole thing became intensely personal”. The score landed him an Oscar for best music.