› added 3 years ago

89

TIL that from 1948, until 1963, all young men in Britain between the ages of 18, and 30 had to serve two years (later four) national service in the military.

Read more nam.ac.uk

via reddit.com

4ARo TIL billionaire Tom Perkins spelled out a secret message using nautical code flags strung along the length of his enormous yacht. The message? “Rarely does one have the privilege of witnessing vulgar ostentation displayed upon such a scale.”
D9MV TIL Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King. SR hostage at Morehouse College. He was convicted of felony Unlawful Confinement.
6jAJ TIL in 2012, Mars Inc. (which makes Twix) announced a 250 calorie cap on all single-serve confectionary by the end of 2013. The result is that many of their products have now been downsized to meet these requirements. Twix have been cut down from 58g to 50g, marking a 14 per cent reduction
akZL TIL that North Korea is the World’s only Necrocracy -the supreme leader, Kim Il Sung, still rules, and he’s dead…
BgpDb TIL Paracetamol overdose is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US