› added 1 day ago

1

TIL of the Imperial Boomerang, which theorizes that governments that use repressive techniques to subdue colonies will inevitably end up using those same techniques against their own citizens.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

X0gbR TIL Celtics GM Red Auerbach planned to draft Len Bias for three years, only for Len to die two days after being drafted after snorting cocaine for 3-4 hours in his dorm room after coming home from a college party
OowMY TIL that when Hans Zimmer recorded the Soundtrack for the Boxing Series, Premier Boxing Champions, he used the actual sound of guys hitting the bag or each other instead of traditional percussion
l7PvA TIL That in 1978 Jimmy Carter signed the Home Brew act (H.R.1337) into law, making it legal for small businesses and individuals to brew beer - kicking off the craft brew revolution in the United States and forever changing the world of craft beer.
16KvO TIL That webcam was invented in 1991 by researchers to check if the coffee pot in another room was empty or not.. The webcam was called Trojan Room coffee pot.
mQR TIL That American soldiers in WW2 used the challenge “flash”, “thunder”, “welcome” because Germans could not pronounce the “th” or “w” sound appropriately