› added 4 years ago

51

TIL: Out of 24 SS Death Squad leaders, prosecuted in 1947 for the direct killings of more than 1m people, 9 were jurists, 1 university professor, 1 opera singer, 1 expert in art history, 1 architect, 1 economist, 2 teachers, 1 priest, 1 dentist

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QJZL6 TIL Jonathan Nolan's Chicago-area American accent is completely fake. After he moved to Chicago from England, people didn't like the way he talked, so he changed his accent.
woAR8 TIL in 1991, AT&T, which stands for American Telephone & Telegraph, decided to drop its telegraph service due to low demand which was caused by faxes, electronic mail, and digital data transmission.
wodQ7 TIL that you shouldn't use soap to wash your asshole as they will reduce the natural oils that protect the anus
BPZx TIL During a 2001 Seattle earthquake, a floral image was drawn in sand by a pendulum. Researchers believed it was formed by the initial 6.8 magnitude tremor & the outer lines were etched during the aftershock. They were going to make a mold of the pattern but a 3-year-old accidentally kicked it over
vPE7 TIL that in 2001, Coca Cola had a program called H2NO, which worked with waiters at Olive Garden to dissuade people from ordering tap water.