› added 4 months ago

81

TIL about the Penis Snake

Read more factanimal.com

via reddit.com

jNvKj TIL that the British invented the word “soccer” to differentiate between Rugby Football and Association Football. They then promptly forgot that they did this and have been blaming the Americans for a problem which they created ever since. (Classic England)
nMbY TIL after the American Civil War, many southeners immigrated to Brazil, where slavery was legal, and formed a comunity that last until modern days, called the “Confederados”
d5nB TIL the Outer Space Treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, claiming that they are the common heritage of mankind.
X5OE TIL that during WWII damaged allied aircraft returning from bombing raids would purposely violate Swiss air space so that they would be interned in empty ski resorts rather than becoming prisoners of war
0y5M TIL Mila Kunis was 14 years old when she auditioned for “That 70’s Show”. She said she’d be 18 on her birthday, but never said which birthday