› added 5 years ago

83

TIL, YMCA help invent Basketball, Volleyball and Racquetball

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GAXXG TIL about ChexSystems, the reporting agency banks use to determine whether to approve an application for a new checking or savings account.
QN4b6 TIL the US government tested an air-to-air nuclear weapon and put 5 completely unprotected men directly below it on the ground to show how safe it was.
ADEb4 TIL that the longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386, and still stands today.
ADyK7 TIL in preparation for their proposed invasion of Britain, the Nazis produced a handbook identifying dangerous anti-Nazi institutions in Britain, including Masonic lodges, the Church of England, and the Boy Scouts
kOw4E TIL that Iran has a disproportionately high rate of penile fracture due to a local practice called taghaandan, "to click or snap when forcibly pushing the erect penis down" to get rid of an unwelcome erection