› added 2 years ago

97

TIL France has detonated nearly 200 nuclear bombs in the South Pacific, the last of which was in 1996

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

QNRkM TIL Abraham Lincoln signed into a law that began the IRS and was the USA’s first income tax. It was done to help pay for civil war expenses
9YEGr TIL babies born on planes flying over US territory are granted American citizenship at birth.
DQPep TIL Adam West's role in Family Guy was inspired by his guest appearance in an episode of Johnny Bravo written by Seth MacFarlane.
xVvV5 TIL that Chuck Yeager broke two of his ribs two nights before a test flight. Worried an injury would have him removed, he told almost no one and snuck a broom handle into the plane to help him seal the hatch. He then proceeded to become the first human being to break the sound barrier.
rNGQ0 TIL indigenous Americans made pictorial calendars called “Winter counts” that recorded events or information important to their tribe.