› added 8 years ago

730

TIL that on August 1, 1946, in Athens, Tennessee, battle-hardened WWII veterans won a shootout with highly corrupt police deputies who were manipulating ballots and illegally holding ex-GIs in the county jail.

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

40X TIL while Mariana’s Trench may be the deepest area of any ocean, it isn’t part of the seafloor closest to the center of Earth.
Yp7Br TIL there a ongoing conflict in the Republic of Congo known as the "Pool War" The two belligerents are the Congolese Military and a militia called the ninjas
1aDl8 TIL that a "mirror world" is a representation of the real world in digital form.
DQaer TIL about the Office of Price Administration (OPA) created during WW2 in the US to control prices and protect consumers against profiteering.
aw4p9 TIL When Charlie Chaplin won his honorary Oscar in 1972 for “the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century” he received a 12 minute standing ovation.