OG4Z6 TIL about the Krukenberg operation, is a surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer. It was first described in 1917 by the German army surgeon Hermann Krukenberg. It remains in use today for certain special cases but is considered controversial and some surgeons refuse to p
woyPE TIL when Led Zeppelin reunited in 2007 for a one-off show at the O2 Arena, 20 million ticket requests were made, the record for a single music concert.
W7X19 TIL that King Henry VIII disliked ponies. In the Breed of Horses Act of 1540, he ordered that any stallions shorter than 15 hands high, mares shorter than 13 hands high, and 2-year-old colts under 11.2 hands high were to be killed. Private owners were also forced to kill all of their shorter ponies.
R5Wol TIL that Project Gutenberg Australia has no formal relationship with Project Gutenberg, and contains many works not available in the latter due to difference between Australian and American copyright laws.
69147 TIL One of James Starley’s early inventions was a device that allowed a duck to pass through a gap in a fence, but stopped rats from following it, he would go on to invent the differential gear
9w5W6 TIL one of the first references to the mile high club was found in a betting book of a london gentlemans club. It read "LD. Cholmondeley has given two guineas to LD. Derby, to receive 500 Gs whenever his lordship fucks a woman in a balloon one thousand yards from the earth"
nWy9r TIL the idea of a "World Turtle" is centuries old, inspiring the Discworld novel series, as well as the phrase "turtles all the way down"
4kmBN TIL that Baby Face Nelson killed more FBI agents than any other criminal in history.
5V1xQ TIL that Quasar 3C 273 is so bright that if it were only 33 light years away, it would outshine the Sun in Earth's sky. 3C 273 is 4 trillion times brighter and 886 million times more massive than the Sun.
j6yBM TIL that in 2017, a truck carrying 7,500 pounds of slime eels overturned on Oregon's Highway 101, causing a massive slime spill, a multiple-car pile-up, and traffic.
M7GKV TIL in 1997, Lottie Williams was walking in a park when she felt a tap on her shoulder. After turning around and seeing no one there, she found that a piece of mesh had fallen from the sky and tapped her. An analysis revealed the mesh was from a Delta II rocket on re-entry.
x678k TIL of the "Demon Cat" that is said to haunt both the US Capitol and White House. The first reports of its presence date back to 1862, and its presence is said to be an ill omen, with sightings presaging both the 1929 Stock Market Crash and JFK's assassination.