› added 10 years ago

252

TIL that Anti-Climb Paint was a thing

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9YdjG TIL famed fetish cartoonist, Eric Stanton, shared a studio with Spiderman co-creator, Steve Ditko. The two frequently collaborated on fetish comics. Stanton even contributed to the creation of Spiderman, stating in an interview "I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands".
JY4lV TIL when Secretariat (winner of the triple crown in 1973) died, his body was sent to the University of Kentucky for an autopsy. They found his heart weighed an astounding 22 pounds! The average weight of a mature Thoroughbred’s heart is a mere eight pounds.
698Bm TIL that approximately 7% of our weight is our blood
9YZjX TIL one of the only ways for Americans to reset their credit score is to move to another country.
QJJPe TIL that Al-qaeda initially considered targeting nuclear power plants on 9/11 but decided against it, fearing that such an attack "might get out of hand".