› added 9 years ago

114

TIL Japan’s First Female Photojournalist is Still Shooting at the Age of 101

Read more mywebroom.com

via reddit.com

7roRZ TIL A Japanese Interpreter for Jimmy Carter Once Said “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh.”
kkNB TIL a man tried to rob a convenience store armed with a knife from the store itself but gave up when the clerk thought he was purchasing it and scanned the item to tell him the price
0wej5 TIL that in Belgium if you go 15 years without voting, you are not allowed to vote for another 10 years.
Kr7w TIL - When introducing Golf to India, the British were angered by monkeys running onto the course & playing with their balls. When all attempts to stop the monkeys failed, they decided the game needed to adapt. To do so they introduced a new rule: “Play the ball where the monkey drops it.”
XEAmX TIL While every airport has an area after security to repack your bag and put shoes on, on Milwaukee's Mitchell International calls it a "Recombobulation Area"