› added 4 years ago

108

TIL about Mexican singer Chalino Sanchez receiving a death threat telling him to stop singing at his last concert on May 15, 1992, but continued singing despite the warning. He was killed later that night in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

Read more policemag.com

via reddit.com

Z87yR TIL the seven sins according to Gandhi: “Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.”
N7VmN TIL that Mongolia's Navy is comprised of 1 tugboat and 7 sailors, making it the smallest in the world.
16reV TIL the sun loses over 4 million tons of mass every second as energy
6WW TIL that Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon, payed its executives millions in bonuses saying, 2010 was the safest year in their companies history.
x6Ayb TIL there is a better preserved ancient city than Pompeii just nearby. Herculaneum, where the skeletons of the victims are represented (not plaster casts)