› added 12 years ago

74

TIL in Iowa it is illegal to simulate intoxication in public

Read more search.legis.state.ia.us

via reddit.com

a6Zo TIL When the first Alien script was written, all parts were meant to be interchangeable for men or women.
grP88 TIL Finland used a lot of resources and logistics during WW II to bring the fallen to their home parishes for a proper funeral, instead of using mass graves in the battlefield.
e0Rjk TIL that the French national anthem ends by saying, "May impure blood water our fields."
kOZk5 TIL of Stubbins Ffirth who attempted to prove that Yellow Fever wasn't contagious by smearing vomit, blood, saliva, and urine from patients in open wounds on his arms. While he never got sick, it later emerged that the samples he used had come from late-stage patients who were no longer contagious
xEn1 TIL that WWI was one of the first wars where there were more deaths from actual combat than disease.