› added 7 years ago

121

TIL In 2005 the Mexican Army crossed into US territory for the first time since WWII, to help feed victims of Hurricane Katrina

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

Z4pR TIL There are no longer any Safeways, Walmarts, or chain grocery stores in the city of Detroit
4xBg TIL that the Great Stork Derby was a contest held in Toronto from 1926-1936, in which women competed to produce the most babies in order to win $750K as stipulated in the will of a wealthy lawyer. The prize ended up being split among four women who each had 9 babies.
QJeEE TIL SSDs only work because of Quantum Mechanics
ANDLd TIL the role of Judith in The Walking Dead has been played by at least 16 different actors
E17pd TIL that at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, American and Australian aircraft killed hundreds of Japanese troops on life-rafts fleeing sunken transports to prevent them from returning to combat