› added 3 years ago

106

TIL in 2011, a Minnesota mom accidentally fell asleep on her baby, killing her, after drinking a fifth of vodka. Nancy Grace labeled her the "vodka mom" and ridiculed her on national TV. Shortly after, she killed herself.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

6lN7 TIL that the skeletons in pool scene of the movie Poltergeist were actually real human skeletons, because they were cheaper than buying props.
ZpvRB TIL John F Kennedy was a WW2 war hero. In 1943 the torpedo bost he was in command of was struck by a Japanese destroyer. When the boat sank, Kennedy swam a critically injured crew member 3.5 miles to shore. They were rescued by writing a message on a coconut husk.
n88B TIL that Alan Eustacea computer scientist and Google’s Senior Vice President of Knowledge, broke Felix Baumgartner’s record for highest-altitude freefall jump at 25.74 miles.
v1vP8 TIL Amsterdam Schiphol airport has a sniffing dog on staff who can return lost items to their owners before they even know they’re gone.
99xD TIL that in a 2011 Census, more people put “Heavy Metal” as a religion than “Scientology” in England and Wales