› added 10 years ago

86

TIL that if a person is connected to a high enough voltage and is cut, blood will spray from the wound rather than flow as normal.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ABBB TIL that in every state but California being hit on by a gay man is still a valid defense to a murder charge.
PwVL TIL Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about a giant, firebreathing lizard which was made into a 1953 film. This film inspired a Japanese producer to make Godzilla in 1954
NXr7b TIL the length of a day on Mars has been known to the nearest 3 minutes since 1666. But the exact length of a day on Saturn remained a mystery until 2019.
RyX6 TIL Towers in New York can fake and exaggerate how many floors they have, using tricks like different sets of elevators to hide the missing floors
a88YL TIL Chevy Chase is the name of a town in Maryland, and the comedian Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.