› added 1 month ago

15

TIL the A-1 Reactor(nicknamed Annushka) melted down 3 times in its first year of operation(with the third one killing at least 173 people)

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oRMEK TIL that more than 25% of the world's population is infected with human roundworm
kGnd TIL that $2.5 billion dollars of the nearly $9.5 billion dollars of Haiti aid relief money went toward actual aid relief
gMgMW TIL The USSR was the world's 2nd largest economy post-WW2 & the world's largest exporter of arms. By the 1940's Stalin announced that illiteracy had been eliminated & the USSR would produce the world's 1st satellite, the 1st human being in space & the 1st woman in space.
5AmQ TIL: The robot cop in futurama is named URL (pronounced Earl)
Br7ob TIL of Lisa McVey, the only girl to escape serial killer Bobby Long. She was 17 when he abducted her & she was going home to commit suicide. Long held her hostage for 26 hours. Using her wit, she managed to escape & the ordeal made her realize her desire to live. She’s now a police officer.