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TIL Vichy Pastilles were a digestive aid turned confectionery invented in 1825. The Vichy Regime of WW2 used the sweets as propaganda and did not ration them, unlike other foodstuffs. The name of the sweets is known to make some French citizens uneasy.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by jamescookenotthatone t3_y9pgii
TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat
news.com.auSubmitted by ahm713 t3_y35ori
TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake."
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by marmorset t3_yfuoqz
TIL after 20-year-old US Marine Lori Padilla killed Rojita Kinjo and her young daughters Mitsuko and Mariko while speeding in Okinawa, Japan, a court ruled that Padilla should pay the victims' family 62 million yen, but as she had already left Japan, the amount was paid by the US and Japan
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by vrphotosguy55 t3_yeanrq
TIL on March 15, 2011, 51-year-old William Melchert-Dinkel went online under screen names like "Cami" and "Falcongirl" encouraging people to commit suicide. Those who were interested he would instruct them step by step. He admitted to assisting in the deaths of 5 people but was only convicted for 2.
cbsnews.comSubmitted by deeper_with_time t3_y2zibm
TIL Sting is credited with co-writing the Dire Strait's hit song 'Money For Nothing' without writing any of the lyrics. It's because of Sting's singing 'I want my MTV' used the melody from The Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me" triggered a copyright credit.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by shaka_sulu t3_ygbsn1
TIL that it took several years for writer Bruce Rubin to sell the script to Jacob's Ladder, because it was "too metaphysical" and "Hollywood does not make ghost movies". Rubin would later write the screenplay for Ghost, a box office success that grossed over $500 million.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by WouldbeWanderer t3_y2rap1