› added 5 months ago

23

TIL the Bureau of Reclamation maintains a quick-reaction police force for the three dams the Bureau manages.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6xBW TIL The first Akita to be introduced to the United States was a dog named Kamikaze-go, who was given to Helen Keller as a gift after she visited Japan in 1937.
e0EZJ TIL that there have been declared nations that lasted less than one day, including an 8 second claim of independence by the Catalonian prime minister during a speech in 2017
yQkRV TIL On August 24, 1919: Ray Caldwell who was pitching for the Cleveland Indians was struck by lightning after playing for 8 2/3 innings, got up from the ground, checked himself, finished pitching to get the last out and they won 2-1 over the Athletics
N60e TIL that before 2012 the largest buyer of kale in the US was Pizza Hut, and they only used it as garnish around their salad bar
OpeY TIL that a bridge built in 2003 in northern Costa Rica is colloquially known as ‘Backstab Bridge’. It was paid for, designed and built by Taiwan only for Costa Rica to cut off ties with Taiwan in favour of China.