› added 10 years ago

92

TIL When William Leonard Pickard was arrested, the worlds acid supply decreased by 90%.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

EWNo TIL: of Willem Arondeus, a Homosexual Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who bombed the Amsterdam Public Records Office to hinder the Nazi identification of Jews. He was arrested & executed. His last words were, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
gbX4 TIL that HMS Erebus, part of Franklin expedition lost for nearly 170 years was found near the island called in Inuit language “The big boat sank here” (14:30 in podcast)
8a9gV TIL: After a 1979 court case ruled the city could not be held responsible for people tripping and falling on cracked sidewalks unless the city had been previously notified of the hazard, the Trial Lawyers formed a committee to map every crack, pothole, and other hazard in the city and report them.
WwnY TIL glaciers are home to Ice Worms and the worms can melt if heated to 40F.
WkGy8 TIL Karl Marx was a savvy stock investor