› added 8 years ago

346

TIL that Holland has a defensive strategy of submerging the whole country in case of foreign invasion.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

R5W74 TIL; The flag planted on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew was purchased at a local Sears store.
eLw5 TIL In 2004, the Parisian police in an uncharted area of the Paris Catacombs, found a secret room with a stocked bar and restaurant. They returned to trace the installed power and phone lines to discover they had been cut, with a note left behind reading, “Do not try and find us.”
R79Lj TIL that Panda porn and Panda Viagra exists
NX7D8 TIL Kids Not Only Have the Constitutional Right to Not Participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, But Remain Seated
D1v6r TIL that J (Juliett) in the NATO alphabet is spelled with an extra T for French speakers who would otherwise pronounce it with a silent T if the extra one wasn’t there