› added 4 years ago

188

TIL: After D-Day landings, French women having babies with German soldiers were punished by shaving their heads bald. They were paraded in the streets, marked with black ink, and even stripped half naked. This was done so that everyone would know they betrayed their country.

Read more time.com

via reddit.com

N7nAQ TIL Tchaikovsky was gay
67D7 TIL that when the EU would unite its armed forces, it becomes the second largest army in the world
1a8eW TIL that Calvin Graham was the youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II. He enlisted in the United States Navy from Houston, Texas on August 15, 1942, at the age of 12
xKVb TIL Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, invented the girls’ name Vanessa.
M7Y5V TIL there was a guy called ‘Brushy’ Bill Roberts who claimed that he was Billy the Kid in 1950 just before he passed away. Brushy even had the same scars as Billy. Also, a photograph of Brushy Bill at age 71 was a 93% match to Billy the Kid in the latter’s famous tintype.