› added 6 years ago

170

TIL The Beatles ended stadium segregation in the Deep South by refusing to perform in Gator Bowl stadium (Jacksonville, Florida). The City relented and because of that defiance, many black concert-goers were publicly among white people for the very first time.

Read more rollingstone.com

via reddit.com

ZMMG TIL the Ekranoplan was a secret Soviet weapon that was almost a football field in length, “flew” above the water at only a few feet, and had six missile launchers.
oB7D7 TIL that during the Russo-Japanese war, a lieutenant from Montenegro beat a samurai in a swordfight.
VPbQ TIL for several years, “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek’s “breakfast of champions” consisted of a Snickers and a Diet Pepsi. After his nutritionist reprimanded his routine, he switched his meals accordingly; he replaced them with Milky Way bars and Diet Cokes.
VBBKZ TIL The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine was the first known dashboard-mounted coffee maker. Manufactured in 1959 specifically for the Volkswagen Beetle, it came with porcelain cups which could stick to the machine magnetically
5D48 TIL On the evening of September 11, 2001, ten thousand Iranian people gathered in Madar Square, Tehran, in a candlelight vigil to express sympathy and support for the American People.