› added 1 year ago

47

TIL I learned, the 80s sitcom "Growing Pains," had a character named "Boner."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VMWNm TIL that due to aristocratic ethos only amateurs could officially participate in the Olympics, professional athletes were banned. The Eastern bloc got around this rule with state-sponsored "full-time amateur athletes". The rule was eventually loosened in the 70s and abolished in 1988.
loAbN TIL in 1995 a man broke into the California National Guard Armory, stole a Tank, and went on a rampage through San Diego
0w8y1 TIL that mandatory right-hand traffic was introduced in Europe by Napoleon with the aim of deterring swordfighting on horseback, and because the traditional left-hand traffic was seen as aristocratic. Since he never conquered Britain, left-hand driving would remain there.
jGEN TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.
78EA7 TIL When Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric divorced, his son Hans Albert had a grudge against his father and when he said he wanted to be an engineer at 15 which made Einstein furious