› added 11 years ago

154

TIL that Nicorette was created in Sweden for submariners who couldn’t smoke on board

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GAV7g TIL actor Woody Harrelson’s father was a convicted hitman. One of his victims was a federal judge.
GA594 TIL Victoria Drummond was the first female maritime engineer and served on various commercial vessels. During WWII, an old freighter she served on came under attack by German bombers. She managed to exceed the old top speed of the ship by 50% during the attack, which helped with evasive maneuvers.
6eyX TIL That there are nerves at the end of your rectum that distinguish between gas and feces. Sometimes these nerve endings become confused, hence, a shart.
grkAW TIL A floating hotel built in Australia in 1988 traveled 14,000km over decades, ending up in North Korea. After failing on the Great Barrier Reef, it thrived in Vietnam, then served as a Korean reconciliation symbol before being demolished in 2022.
78pa7 TIL the edutainment game The Oregon Trail was originally developed in 1971 and information was printed on paper