› added 6 months ago

42

TIL Gasoline Has a Surprisingly Short Shelf Life

Read more popularmechanics.com

via reddit.com

QZGX TIL some old folks home have fake bus stops to trick senile patients, and some even go as far as to have advertisements from 30 years ago in the bus stops!
BWEK TIL that in July, after receiving a warning from the FBI on his PC, Jay Matthew Riley turned himself in to police for possessing child pornography. The warning was fake and generated by a worm that had infected his computer.
rND6x TIL that the directors of Final Destination Bloodlines, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein, got the job based on how well they faked a ceiling fan decapitation death during the Final Pitch Zoom Meeting.
Vb9m TIL Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968 when he walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., sold a top secret document for several thousand dollars, and negotiated an ongoing salary of $500 to $1,000 a week
epdQ4 TIL China’s First Emperor’s Obsessive Quest for Immortality and The Elixir of Life Led to His Death and Collapse of His Dynasty