› added 1 year ago

50

TIL about Don Arrigo Beccari, a WW2 Catholic Priest, who was responsible for smuggling 120 Jewish children to safety, despite intense Nazi surveillance. When the Nazis captured him and tortured him for months, he still kept quiet. He was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0Dkg TIL of United States Foreign-Trade Zones, where cities like San Jose CA control their own foreign trade policy and are not subject to Federal tariffs.
epkVD TIL The world's biggest kitchen is often considered to be the kitchen at the Sri Sai Sansthan Prasadalaya in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India which uses state of the art technology to prepare free meals for over 40,000 people on a typical day and sometimes more than 70,000 for special festivals.
VMYQZ TIL that in 1971, Private Eye magazine responded to a legal threat by telling the complainant to “fuck off”.
4XA1N TIL that George Washington was born on February 11th, but when his birthday first became a holiday it was celebrated on February 22nd. This is because when Washington was born, British colonies were still using the Julian calendar, which was 11 days behind the Gregorian.
kOYAm TIL that Georgia's state dog is any "Adoptable dog"