› added 3 years ago

81

TIL that modern diesel trains can move a ton of freight 492 miles on a single gallon of gas.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

E1rvV TIL that the Bicycle playing card company made decks of cards and gave them to the prisoners of war in Germany with hidden escape routes revealed when the cards were soaked in water as Christmas presents.
wLYQJ TIL: Bermuda is the first country in the world to have re-criminalised same sex marriage. The bill repealing same sex marriage was passed in December 2017, and the bill comes into effect on June 1st 2018.
MkoB TIL Phil Hartman, you may remember him in such roles as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz, was set to be the voice actor of Zap Brannigan in Futurama but was murdered by his wife before recording began. They named the lead character, Phillip J. Fry, in his honor.
b6BAN TIL from my dentist that students practice local anesthetic on each other
4XnLX TIL that in 2004 Mark Zuckerberg referred to Facebook users as "dumb f*cks" for giving him their information.