› added 9 years ago

296

TIL that two engineering students developed a way to extinguish fires using sound waves.

Read more edition.cnn.com

via reddit.com

PjMe TIL Airlines legally have to give you up to $1,500 in cash AND a free flight to your destination when a flight is overbooked and you’re booted from your flight. By accepting the free miles or signing forms they give you you’re forfeiting your rights.
Wk7YA TIL an entire family was killed by rotting potatoes.
mMAR TIL that a grandpa who won a romp with 2 hookers in a radio contest dies after choking on his food while hurrying to the threesome
rN7Q1 TIL in 1989 Teng Xingshan was convicted and executed for the murder of waitress Shi Xiaorong who had disappeared. In 1993 Shi reappeared said she had never met Teng.
ADBpa TIL that if the Earth was the size of a billiard ball, it would be smoother than a billiard ball