› added 3 years ago

117

TIL that the #1 leading cause of death for a pregnant woman in the United States is homicide.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

P1E1E TIL that Sony ran a poster campaign for the PSP at a Manchester tram platform that said "Take a running jump here" and had to remove it due to concerns it might encourage suicide
Z8pxo TIL Don Henley called paramedics to his home on November 21, 1980, where a 16-year-old girl was found naked and claiming she had overdosed on quaaludes and cocaine. Henley got away with only a contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge and a $2,500 fine.
kE1W TIL that the Swedish aircraft “The Viggen” is the only aircraft to get an acknowledged radar lock on the SR-71 “Stealth” plane
GV9g TIL After Stephen Colbert called Windsor (Ontario) ‘the Earth’s rectum’ the CBC made a poll on their website asking if the description was good for the city and 85% said Yes.
E1lod TIL the Appalachian Trail became international in the 1990's and has since been extended with sections from the US through Canada, and into Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Britain, Ireland, Iberia, and into Africa