› added 1 year ago

151

TIL brazil declared war on germany in WW1

Read more usni.org

via reddit.com

KY106 TIL about Bagdad, Arizona, which is one of the last remaining company towns in the US. Freeport-McMoRan owns all of the housing and commercial buildings in Bagdad
e0nrJ TIL that many Japanese companies including Canon, Toyota, and Suzuki use adoption to declare the heir of the business. The current Suzuki CEO is a fourth-generation adopted child.
nEV9 TIL Jefferson County, Florida has a high school graduation rate of 38%
e04WD TIL that coconut farmers in Thailand train pigtailed macaques to harvest their coconuts. A trained macaque can pick up to 1600 coconuts a day, while a human can harvest around a 100.
b9RKp TIL a poll once included the question "Have you ever been decapitated?" 4% of Americans answered yes.