› added 12 years ago

380

TIL that over 1 billion years of history is missing from the geologic record in the Grand Canyon

Read more lpi.usra.edu

via reddit.com

QxP6 TIL that Peter Cushing, who played the fearsome antagonist of Star Wars Episode IV, found the boots of his costume so uncomfortable he wore slippers and told George Lucas to avoid taking shots of his legs.
0wGE5 TIL that despite being the largest animal on Earth, the Blue Whale cannot swallow anything larger than a beach ball.
mxjZM TIL that in 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima. The aftereffects eventually caused six or more satellites to fail, as radiation damaged their solar arrays.
yQ8Zw TIL that when the destroyers HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian were both heavily damaged during WWI, the Royal Navy welded the best halves together to create the "Frankenship" HMS Zubian.
BoEy TIL there’s an Elvis album called Having Fun With Elvis On Stage that contains no music, only comments made onstage between shows. It was released by his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to get around RCA’s ownership of his material.