› added 5 years ago

197

TIL an 18-inch pizza has more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas

Read more mashable.com

via reddit.com

KPm6 TIL in WWI a messenger pigeon, Cher Ami, saved an surrounded American battalion that was being shelled by friendly artillery. It carried a message through heavy fire that said “WE ARE ALONG THE ROAD PARALELL 276.4. OUR ARTILLERY IS DROPPING A BARRAGE DIRECTLY ON US. FOR HEAVENS SAKE STOP IT.”
D1KaV TIL R Kelly sung in Ethiopia asking if the girls in the crowd had their shots, their passports, and if they did if they would like to come back with him to America.
mxbdR TIL that 30% of those with ADHD do not finish high school (10% for non-AHDH), 40% get pregnant as teens (4%), 60% are accident prone (10%), 50% get into a serious car crash (17%), and 54% get fired from a least one job (31%) respectively.
gMaJ8 TIL in 1987, a passenger hijacked a plane from LAX to SFO. The flight attendant alerted the pilot, "We have a problem!". The pilot asked "What kind of problem?" The hijacker then shot the flight attendant dead & announced "I'm the problem", before killing both pilots and crashing the plane
rNyje TIL that in the early 2000s, Puma and the Cameroonian National Team experimented with new kit designs. In 2002, Cameroon won the African Cup Of Nations wearing sleveless shirts, that were banned by FIFA before the World Cup. In 2004, a one-piece kit was used and FIFA banned that too