› added 6 years ago

295

TIL that a suicide bomber was foiled when he forgot to set adjust his clock for daylight savings time and the device went off early in his car

Read more telegraph.co.uk

via reddit.com

xVQK5 TIL historically, pleats (folds in a chef's hat) represented how many recipes a chef knew. A chef with 100 pleats may know 100 different ways to boil an egg or prepare a chicken.
4XWeN TIL about Amy Rorbach, a reporter for ABC News, who underwent a mammogram live on air in 2013 to promote the procedure for Breast Cancer Awareness month. It was discovered that she did have cancer, and the procedure likely saved her life.
ADA1x TIL that Paris, France, was the first western capital to have a black mayor (1879)
wLP6M TIL: Grand Theft Auto V broke industry sales records and became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, earning $800 million in its first day and $1 billion in its first three days.
77xX TIL that the Xbox 360’s “Red Ring of Death” problem was so widespread that, in 2007, more than 30% of consoles failed. Repairs cost Microsoft $1.15 billion.