› added 7 months ago

36

TIL The Bloodiest Single Day in the US History was the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War

Read more nps.gov

via reddit.com

X5GQ TIL That the opening scene in Starship Troopers, an infantry advertisment, was adapted shot for shot from a Nazi propaganda movie called Triumph of Will. The scene featured an outdoor rally of the militarized and indoctrinated german labour force, the Reichsarbeitsdienst.
8eEVX TIL of phantom islands, an island which was included on maps for a period of time, but was later found not to exist. Commonly the result of navigational errors, mistaken observations, or deliberate fabrication, some have remained on maps for centuries before being "un-discovered".
a8gVL TIL That in 2005, anarchist punk band “Chumbawamba” recorded an EP to be released upon the death of Margaret Thatcher. It was then released in 2013, 4 months after the band had disbanded
D1aXV TIL ants will refuse “medical” help from their colony if they know they are mortally wounded. Rather than waste the colony’s resources and energy on futile rehabilitation, the wounded ant flails its legs forcing help to abandon them.
1a66D TIL Breaking Bad's popularity coincided with a 51% increase in methamphetamine use in Germany, and a 400% increase in meth smuggling attempts in Britain