› added 4 years ago

106

TIL the flag patches on a soldier’s uniform are reversed to mimic a real flag that if being carried into battle would flow backwards in the wind when marching forward into battle. If it were displayed normally it would look like the soldier was retreating.

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

16rJP TIL that the AC/DC song "Whole Lotta Rosie" was written about an obese Tasmanian woman, with whom the frontman had a one-night stand with. Rosie’s identity remain unknown until 2021, when she was identified as Rosie Garcia, who died in 1979. This year, a photo of her was released for the first time.
574R TIL of a kingdom in the Niger Delta which held no military authority over its citizens whatsoever, believed all violence was an abomonation, and served as a safe haven for all refugees and slaves for a thousand years, all the way up untill 1911.
Yp1x7 TIL that the acre unit of measurement was originally developed from the amount of area that a pair of oxen could plow in single day
D1ZBv TIL the classic movie '10 Things I Hate About You' is a modernization of William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'.
VMPkm TIL Florida is the only place on earth where crocodiles and alligators coexist