› added 7 years ago

129

TIL the CPU from the original PlayStation guided a probe to Pluto

Read more theverge.com

via reddit.com

PWvL TIL that a fifth wheel was a concept to help with parallel parking in the 1950’s.
pZOb TIL that porn is illegal in Ukraine and can only be used for medicinal purposes.
Dmbe TIL a 12 year old girl was handcuffed, booked, and fingerprinted for eating french fries in a subway
6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.
XE4Ej TIL that when Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco was commanded to round up all Moroccan Jews for relocation to Nazi concentration camps, he said "There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccan subjects." Not a single Moroccan Jew was deported or killed during WWII.