› added 5 years ago

190

TIL The KGB Shipped a Sidewinder Missile by Mail to Moscow - It Cost $79.25

Read more nationalinterest.org

via reddit.com

0w1K1 TIL: That an estimated 17% of all 7ft tall people in the U.S. are in the NBA as compared to 0.07% of people between 6’6” and 6’8”. Meaning that if you see a 7ft tall person there is about a 1 in 6 chance they are in the NBA.
yQPE8 TIL that Aaron Burr went broke speculatively buying parcels of land in upstate New York. He did this while living on twenty-six acres in what would become some of downtown NYC's most prime real estate.
Ebvd TIL Contrary to many other cultures at the time and those leading up to it, Viking society allowed women just as many rights as men. Including: divorce, right to inherit, cohabitation, having children out of wedlock. These practices were lost when Christianity was introduced.
w6M1 TIL The U.S. Armed forces maintains military presence in 150 countries (out of 196), including more than 50,000 troops still in Germany.
N99J TIL: The Cuckoo Bumblebee has lost the ability to collect pollen and to rear their brood. Once a female has infiltrated a host colony, she will kill/subdue the queen of that colony and forcibly “enslave” the workers of that colony to feed her and her developing young.