› added 12 years ago

89

TIL that in 1856, William Palmer, as he stepped onto the gallows to be executed for murder, is said to have looked at the trapdoor and exclaimed, “Are you sure it’s safe?”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

KYOPw TIL that a day before Hitler’s suicide, he ordered a cyanide pill be given to his dog Blondi (who died as a result) to test its potency before he used it.
YJYZ TIL: 32% of Iraqis are not sure if Allah exists, 11% of Iraqis think that Allah doesn’t exist
AD6l TIL a 5 year old girl cut the ribbon at a bridge opening. 88 years later, she headed the ceremony to close it!
1exW TIL the only reliable test for rabies requires an examination of an animal’s brain (post-mortem)
yQM5v TIL that DreamWorks had a music label from 1996-2006 and signed such artists as Papa Roach, Chris Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, George Michael, and Nelly Furtado.