› added 2 years ago

133

TIL: Tennis Baseball: a Baseball Game, But With Tennis Rackets!

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

ryBd TIL that during the Ming dynasty (approx. 1570), powdered Smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. The patients would then develop a mild case of the disease, but were immune to it from then on.
PKmL TIL 4.6% (~ 1 out of 22) of New York City residents are millionaires.
OoJA6 TIL in 1960, an Australian father won nearly $3 million (adjusted AU$) in the lottery, with his picture getting plastered all over the news. Shortly after, his 8-year-old son was kidnapped for ransom and eventually murdered. This changed anonymity laws for lottery winners in Australia forever.
mxlgy TIL in 2013 the Pirate Bay faked moving its servers to North Korea. Various news outlets including NBC and ‘Business Insider’ reported the event as factual, without ever updating that it was a hoax.
89wL TIL that the U.S. has committed “war crimes” with drone warfare with “Double Tap Strikes”, which directly target rescuers after an initial strike.