› added 2 years ago

92

TIL that US nuclear code during 1970s to prevent unauthorized launch was 00000000

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

M7D40 TIL that not everyone sees lines when they look at lights and that i have a condition called astigmatism.
rR46x TIL the USA was the first country to gain independence from the British Empire.
R7DBQ TIL that Ireland is the only country in Europe to have a lower population now than 100 years ago. This can mostly be attributed to the Great Irish Famine which caused over 4 million to die or emigrate on coffin ships. The British sending food to Britain greatly contributed to mass starvation.
8e7Za TIL that every Australian is entitled to a portrait of the reigning monarch - paid for by the government. After the Queen died, there was a rush to get the last portraits of her before the Charles stock came in.
X0KZr TIL that Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned a one star Brigadier General in the Maryland National Guard for her Civil War service as a scout, spy, and leader of an armed raid that freed >700 enslaved people.