› added 4 years ago

118

TIL that during the Continuation War the Finnish Army used the Säkkijärven Polkka to disarm radio-controlled mines

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ANK8x TIL haggis has been banned from being imported into the US since 1971 due to a ban on food containing sheep lung
9wwgG TIL Moneytalks was AC/DC's highest charting song on the Hot 100, peaking at number 23.
MPXa TIL, the entire population of California (38M) is more than the entire country of Canada (35M), with California only having 163,000 sq. miles to Canada’s 3.85 million sq. miles.
0dMZ5 TIL Guanxi (关系, guānxi) is a Chinese term for an individual's social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships. Guanxi relationships are almost never established purely through formal meetings but must also include spending time to get to know each other.
a84wN TIL that you are not supposed to rinse your mouth with water after brushing teeth or using a mouthwash, because the fluoride coating on your teeth helps protect against cavities and rinsing your mouth after dilutes the fluoride, making it ineffective. Instead, you should wait, preferably 20 minutes.