› added 3 years ago

193

TIL the US Navy developed an e-reader with no cellular or wifi connectivity preloaded with 300 books called NeRD.

Read more cnn.com

via reddit.com

Z8VYB TIL: In patients with nerve damage, their skin doesn’t get wrinkly when submerged in water
e5v5 TIL a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.
4kD1b TIL - About EA-3167, Is a deliriant used that can be used in chemical warfare. Incapacitating effects can last anywhere from 5-10 days, sometimes manifesting as a full 3-day peak of vivid hallucinations, along with prolonged confusion, amnesia, and inhibition of speech and cognition.
M5lm TIL that Montenegro has no own currency and therefore uses the Euro despite not being part of the EU. Before that it used the German mark.
Ypx57 TIL Before a gig in Minneapolis, the Rolling Stones manager ran into their dressing room and shouted, "the police are here!" prompting Keith Richards and Ron Wood to frantically flush all their drugs down the toilet. A moment later they were introduced to Stewart Copeland and Sting.