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TIL The voice of Master Chief from Halo hosts a classic rock radio station in Chicago

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XEQjD TIL cats prefer consuming human tissue during the relatively early stages of decomposition and will cease consumption when a corpse decays to the point of leaching bodily fluid.
nWgkP TIL: In the 80’s an Indian factory leaked toxic gas which floated to the nearby slums and killed thousands.
Wo7N TIL Lance Von Allmen developed an oil containment system that uses chemically treated cellulose to perfectly absorb crude oil in water, and then wring the cellulose to get all of the crude oil back. He died a year after this aired. WHY wasn’t this used to clean up Deepwater Horizon?
pYdVe TIL FedEx planes are equipped with anti aircraft defence systems.
5VQ0B TIL the Soviets were at one stage worried about the Space Shuttle being used to dive bomb Nuclear bombs onto Moscow