› added 1 year ago

41

TIL that the Wehrmacht suffered 80% of its military deaths in WW2 on the Eastern Front

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R7JV8 TIL the Uranium decaying in Chernobyl will outlast the Earth
epWbb TIL that Germans are the largest immigrant group in the USA, accounting for approximately 17% of the population (roughly 49 million people)
6EGZl TIL the Israeli forces built the Bar Lev Line on the Suez Canal, costing $300 million and was expected to be a “graveyard for Egyptian troops”, as it would take at least 24-48 hours to be breached. On 6 October 1973, armed with a few 100 water cannons, the Egyptians breached it in less than 2 hours.
xVpdB TIL Mike Tyson once threatened to beat up Michael Jordan while out to dinner with him (and Mike Ditka, Don King, and Richard Dent) because Michael Jordan had briefly dated Mike Tyson's ex-wife years before Tyson even met and married her.
nJad TIL Papa John’s really doesn’t want anyone to know what their “better ingredients” are.