› added 1 year ago

54

TIL In WWI, the German's A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank had a minimum of 18 crew, sometimes as many as 25 men onboard. 1 commander, 1 driver, 1 mechanic, 1 signaler, 6 machine gunners, 6 loaders, and 2 artillerymen

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QNXGE TIL the U.S. General Services Administration announced in 2023 that up to 6 lighthouses would be given away to entities willing to maintain and preserve them and make them available to the public. The lighthouses were no longer needed due to modern technology such as GPS.
Dvov TIL Richard the Lionheart had 3,000 captured Muslim prisoners (including large numbers of women and children) taken to a hill. There, in full view of Saladin and his army, they were beheaded and disemboweled. Even in an age of atrocities, this was an act of exceptional and shocking barbarity.
xZl1 TIL the Pixar movies “A Bug’s Life,” “Monster’s Inc,” “Finding Nemo,” and “Wall-E” were all brainstormed during one lunch in 1994 by the writers of “Toy Story.”
Y5Ev TIL That during WWII, a research program tried to train pigeons to guide missiles. Pigeons would follow the image, pecking at it, which would move the screen on its pivots. The program was shutdown, with the lead researcher stating:“Our problem was no one would take us seriously.”
d80aZ TIL that Isreali Labor Party delayed their elections because of a Britney Spears concert as they feared that party members would rather go to a concert than find a polling station and vote