› added 11 years ago

57

TIL the Nazis planned to have the Native Americans rebel against the US government, after which the Nazis would give the Native Americans back their land.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R7vY1 TIL that “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was released as “Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles” in the UK because the word “ninja” was considered too violent.
XpVX TIL nobody can stand to be in world’s quietest room for more than 45 minutes. It is so quiet, the sounds of the body’s organs working and blood flowing drives people mad.
VMWPG TIL Ruth, of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, has always hated the name "Ruth's Chris"
jNd7M TIL that the IRS and the USPS both have a plan in place in case of a nuclear war. The IRS has an employee handbook called the "Internal Revenue Manual" that details how to collect taxes after the nukes. The USPS will continue delivering mail and has 60 million change-of-adress forms prepared.
mxdWY TIL Animals in the wild travel to 'salt licks' in order to lick essential nutrients from natural deposits. Because of this behaviour, animals are often attracted to roads after winter salting, and can cause collisions or end up as roadkill.