› added 11 years ago

73

TIL that in addition to numerous allegations of corruption, the current president of FIFA once headed an organization whose mission was to outlaw nylons so women would be forced to wear garters which he considered sexier

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

xVE11 TIL that contrary to popular belief, the vast majority born in California remain in California rather than moving to other States. California actually has one of the highest retention rates for native born citizens in the country.
OknY TIL in Gravesend, England, there is a whole fake town used by police to simulate dangerous situations. Fake streets, houses, parks, nightclubs, estates, aircraft, trains and tube stations are used to stage riots, robberies, hostage situations and terrorist attacks.
e0eM6 TIL that a fake smile is called 'The Pan Am smile', named after the airline Pan American World Airways, whose flight attendants would always flash every passenger the same superficial smile.
6Lll TIL Iran has one of the largest rates of brain drain in the world. It’s estimated that 150,000-180,000 specialists leave the country every year, costing the country at least $50 billion in human capital annually.
yVN0X TIL: In 1967, Mad Magazine printed a fake $3 bill. Unfortunately, change machines were just beginning to be installed and did not recognize the bills as fake and gave out real change for the phony bills.