› added 11 years ago

453

TIL Martian sunsets are blue

Read more npr.org

via reddit.com

kOp87 TIL: Ohio class submarines have the potential to carry more firepower than most nations combined
JYa61 TIL that the Colt 1911 pistol was purposely designed to be fully disassembled with its own internal parts and no other tools are necessary.
69QDY TIL in 1895 a judge awarded nothing beyond burial costs to the parents of a two year old killed by the Southern Railway Company of Georgia, due to the child being too young to have any "earning capacity" of it's own.
9VkD TIL 64 of 112 (57%) former Supreme Court Justices never obtained a law degree
wolNJ TIL the phrase "Sorry, Charlie" comes from Charlie the Tuna, a StarKist mascot always rejected for having "good taste" instead of tasting good.