› added 4 years ago

55

TIL Hooters once had their own airline from 2003-2006. They had regular flight crew and attendants and scantily clad Hooters Girls on every flight.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

90p TIL there are only 2 Nascar drivers to graduate from college
PYXpw TIL Mount Rushmore was supposed to be a sculpture of each president from head to waist but it ran out of funding so only the heads were finished
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
BgRpL TIL that the popular chemical brand WD-40 stands for Water Displacement-40, the 40 referring to the 40th attempt to successfully create a solution that actually worked, and it was originally meant to be specifically for aeronautics.
k5ng TIL that a captive killer whale at MarineLand discovered it could regurgitate fish onto the surface of the water, attracting sea gulls, and then eat the birds. Four others then learned to copy the behavior.