› added 3 months ago

14

TIL in 1789, Great Britain and Spain nearly went to war over a land dispute on Vancouver Island in modern-day British Columbia, Canada. Spain was forced to try to resolve the situation diplomatically after France refused to come to their aid.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

WrKN TIL that in 1897, Indiana tried to pass a bill which implied that the value of PI was simply 3.2
1aovD TIL Venice banned Kebab Shops to preserve the decorum and traditions of the city. Measures were made to stop fast-food restaurants that were incompatible with the city's heritage.
KORjQ TIL in 2005 a group of Manchester United supporters who were annoyed by the takeover of their club by businessman Malcolm Glazer decided to start their own team - F.C. United of Manchester. The new club is democratically run by its members, who all have equal voting rights.
oBJLW TIL about Vic Tandy, an engineer who established a connection between supposed paranormal activity and infrasound frequency (~19Hz), which is below the range of human hearing and also roughly the resonant frequency of our eyeballs, causing some people to 'see' things that aren't there.
y15M TIL that the US is on 43rd place on freedom of press