Post * 1aPP7 — Curious Curator

› added 3 years ago

100

TIL that a cyber attack at the London 2012 Olympic games was thwarted as the child hacker was called away for tea by his mother.

Read more

via beatlyzer.com

780Db TIL a football referee was injured in Maine after being shot by a loaded cannon

LQQBm TIL that a lot of the rental apartments in Germany don't come with a kitchen (as opposed to just another room with four walls), and the tenant is expected to bring their own kitchen

WpEd TIL Americans read TWICE as much as they did 60 years ago

9YpN6 TIL that Queen Elizabeth uses signals with her handbag to send secret messages to her staff

m1N7o TIL in 1943 US and Canadian forces invaded Kiska Island as part of the offensive on the Aleutian Islands. The island was completely abandoned but allied forces still suffered over 313 casualties, and lost 1 Destroyer.