› added 1 year ago

48

TIL about the Grande Seca (The Great Drought), the most devastating drought ever recorded in Brazil. It caused the deaths of 400,000-500,000 people. Of the 800,000 people living in the affected Northeastern region, 120,000 migrated to the Amazon while 68,000 migrated to other regions of the country.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Xgm8 TIL that after WW2 Finland was the only nation to fully pay their war reparations of US$300,000,000 to the Sovjet union.
9wrMX TIL that pack rat middens may contain materials for up to 50000 years
j6jRX TIL The town of Curtis, Nebraska is so desperate for new residents they are offering free plots of land if you agre to build a house and no string cash incentives if you enroll your child in local school. The plots are on paved streets with access to utilities.
8DMG TIL Ulysses S. Grant’s administration was plagued with corruption and scandal due to nepotism, favoritism, and the unprecedented way he ran his cabinet resulting in Black Friday (1869) and Whiskey Ring (1875)
PY5XO TIL about the 1997 Jarell tornado, which is considered the most destructive tornado in recorded history. By the time rescuers arrived at the Double Creek subdivision where 27 people had died, there was nothing in sight except bare slabs of foundation and ripped up dirt.