› added 5 months ago

29

TIL that Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) was the first ever video game to include the word "Bisexual".

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

wL1rW TIL in the 1930s, bridge construction projects expected one fatality for every $1 million in cost. So, the Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge enacted the most stringent safety measures in history. He even formulated diets to help fight dizziness and sauerkraut juice “cures” for hangovers.
QWmk TIL that Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of drug and alcohol abuse because he has several genetic mutations “we’ve never seen before” that help him party hard.
8aKGa TIL In 1975, Jack Hetherington wrote an influential physics paper and added his cat as the co-author after realizing he used the plurals "we" and "our" in his paper.
Jx6V TIL 2 million people formed a 675 km chain between the three Baltic states to demonstrate a desire for independence from the USSR in 1989
oRlGW TIL that the plastic cover on an emergency switch on devices is called a Molly-guard because the inventor's daughter (Molly) kept pushing the button.