› added 6 years ago

189

TIL that, after their bomber crashed in Japan in 1945, eight American Airmen were taken to Kyushu University Medical School and dissected alive.

Read more thedailybeast.com

via reddit.com

M8Em TIL a guy in northern Bosnia had 5 meteorites hit his house in a year. So statistically unlikely that he claimed aliens were targeting his house. Scientists are now studying the area for magnetic anomaly.
JBVQ TIL that almost every successful pop song in the last 20 years was written by one man, Max Martin. He has a net worth of $250,000,000.
v1dgK TIL fuel tankers are pretty sophisticated. Baffles in the tank to evenly dissipate the force of liquid moving when the truck is accelerating or braking. Without baffles, the liquid keeps moving forward to surge and push against the front wall of the tank, increasing risk of rollover.
Oo56Y TIL Prodigy's video for "Smack My Bitch Up" depicts a night out in London, graphically portraying snorting cocaine, using heroin, drinking and driving, violence, vomiting, vandalism, nudity and a sex scene, all filmed from a first-person perspective . It was banned everywhere.
kJVM4 TIL 22 of the 50 oldest living people were born in Japan.