› added 11 years ago

98

TIL that the Japanese Type 99 bolt action rifle used in WW2 featured anti-aircraft sights for leading planes

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

LyGm TIL: Johnny Knoxville comes from significant inbreeding.
4xE5 TIL that Cape Canaveral is part of the Diocese of Orlando, making its Bishop technically Bishop of the Moon, according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law (“any newly discovered territory was placed under the jurisdiction of the diocese from which the expedition which discovered that territory left”)
XLMX TIL of the extinct American Lion that used to range all over the U.S. and into South America and was about 25% larger than today’s African Lion.
mx8oO TIL when the new character Elmrya was forcefully added to the show “Pinky and the Brain” due to executives wanting to liven it up, the writers added the lyrics: “So Pinky and the Brain/ Share a new domain/ It’s what the network wants/ Why bother to complain?” to its theme song.
nMbY TIL after the American Civil War, many southeners immigrated to Brazil, where slavery was legal, and formed a comunity that last until modern days, called the “Confederados”