› added 2 years ago

62

TIL that Bill Lear, creator of the Lear Jet, also invented the 8-track tape cartridge in 1964. It was originally called The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9xDX TIL - In Andorra the Police will loan a rifle to every able bodied man between 21 and 60 in case of emergency, but they suggest the men keep a rifle themselves.
R5eNQ TIL that in 1966, Charles DeGaulle ordered the removal of 70,000 US soldiers and their families in France which resulted in the the largest peacetime exercise of transportation by land, sea, and air the U.S. military had ever undertaken
D1Egg TIL David Bowie didn’t actually perform the crystal ball spinning in the movie Labyrinth. It was illusionist Michael Moschen who dressed in black and hid behind Bowie when filming.
l7J57 TIL Better Business Bureau reviewed Yelp in April 2023 and gave it a rating of C+ with only a one star customer rating.
Wk6wA TIL It is estimated that trillions of oysters once surrounded New York City, filtering bacteria and acting as a natural buffer against storm surges.