› added 5 years ago

120

TIL The Lebowski-inspired Church of the Latter-Day Dude says it has ordained over 450,000 Dudeist priests.

Read more dudeism.com

via reddit.com

QNNge TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.
BMxe TIL that during the German occupation of Luxembourg, some Luxembourgish refused to give the Nazi salute. Instead of raising one’s arm while shouting “Heil Hitler” they shouted in a strong Luxembourgish accent “Drei Liter” which is German for “Three liters”
p8Q8e TIL that Hellen Keller learned to recognize and reproduce speech by putting her fingers on the throat, lips, and nose of the speaker.
OoMKa TIL German interrogator Hanns Schraff didn't torture his American prisoners during WWII. Instead he would befriend them, take them on walks in the forest or the local zoo, and even allow one to fly a plane. He was so good that prisoners didn't realise they were revealing secret informations.
vPOBR TIL Fayetteville AR is named for Fayetteville TN, which is in turn named for Fayetteville NC