› added 8 years ago

64

TIL at the end of the 2002 Spider-Man game Peter Parker, after kissing Mary Jane, speaks to the player and says “Looks like you’re done here. Go outside and play”.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e00KL TIL John Candy, John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Sam Kinison were each attached to the same three roles when they died at early ages. Those roles are now thought of as cursed.
9YGeG TIL: Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Kentucky 1977: busboy Walter Bailey (ignoring orders of his supervisor) warned a largely overcrowded dinner hall about the fire. Most ignored his warning and continued eating. 4 min later: fire engulfed the hall killing 165 and continued burning for 2 days.
wLdmM TIL: The US military was already using UAV drone technology in WWII. The primary manufacturer at that time, Radioplane Company, had a drone assembler named Norma Jeane Dougherty, who eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
N4lN TIL Drug-sniffing dogs are wrong more than 50% of the time
v1bAK TIL the arteries of the blue whale—the largest living creature on earth—are so big that a full-sized human being could swim through them. Blue whales can grow to over 100 ft long, and weigh over 100 tons. Their hearts can weigh up to 1,300 lb—with aortas over 9 inches in diameter & HR of 8-10 bpm.