› added 5 years ago

89

TIL the worst rated sitcom of all time is "My Mother the Car" about a man's mother who is reincarnated as a car and speaks to him through the radio

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mxEJP TIL the Airbus A340 has been in service for over 26 years and has not had a single fatality
W1bL TIL a man once saved a baby from a dumpster only to discover he was the father
W7x6o TIL the classic comedy “Airplane” was actually a joked up shot-for-shot remake of an earlier drama called “Zero Hour”
WkmXN TIL Turkish counterfeiters were once busted for faking popsicle sticks. They allegedly exchanged the sticks for free ice cream, then sold the ice cream at half-price. They were active for 3 years, but were caught when a local ice cream firm noticed they were receiving more sticks than they produced.
Y7Z6d TIL about Charlesfort, a 1562 French settlement built on modern Parris Island, South Carolina. Facing starvation, the settlers built their own boat and crossed the Atlantic. Miraculously, some made it to France. The one settler who chose to stay was later captured by the Spanish.