TIL until the early 1970s, funeral homes in the US doubled as ambulance services. If you were hurt or sick, you’d probably be transported to the hospital in a hearse. ripleys.com Submitted by LazeLinez t3_10nlwrn on January 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM in todayilearned 24 comments 449
TIL the U.S Army once designed an anti armor grenade that would be the same size and shape of a football so US soldiers knew how to sling it and the prototype was built using a hollowed out nerf ball. ripleys.com Submitted by samx3i t3_102ahhf on January 3, 2023 at 3:09 PM in todayilearned No comments 4
David_R_Carroll t1_ir2v04i wrote on October 4, 2022 at 10:39 PM Reply to TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. by p38-lightning fact: Charles Lindberg was the 67th person to cross the Atlantic. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/first-transatlantic-trip/ Permalink 1
Ruadhan2300 t1_ir9ezj8 wrote on October 6, 2022 at 9:36 AM Reply to Bra wearing pigeons save thousands in WWII by Santasbreastmilk better picture, I did a little googling and came up with this one: https://www.ripleys.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pigeon-vest.jpg Permalink 5
Brotherdodge OP t1_j2crzpu wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:36 AM Reply to comment by musical_fanatic in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge Apparently, yeah! Just looked it up and that's a very cool story. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/king-umberto-double/ Permalink Parent 2
David_R_Carroll t1_ir2v04i wrote
Reply to TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. by p38-lightning
fact: Charles Lindberg was the 67th person to cross the Atlantic. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/first-transatlantic-trip/