› added 8 years ago

266

TIL that in 1921, workers at an ammonium nitrate factory tried clearing a clogged silo with dynamite. The resulting explosion killed 500 people and left 6500 homeless.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

BpEy TIL that the last soldier to surrender after WWII was Hiroo Onoda in 1974. His former commander had to come and personally relieve him because he refused to believe the war was over.
66dZ TIL that atheists in the USA have disapproval rates higher than those of Muslims and homosexuals
v1XxK TIL The US cancelled $16.5 billion of Poland’s foreign debt as a reward for for a top secret Polish intelligence operation that extracted 6 CIA operatives from Iraq just before the Gulf War. Several countries refused to help in such a dangerous operation; only Poland agreed to help
E1Dbx TIL Santana took acid before performing at Woodstock. This performance launched his career into stardom.
5VgeB TIL that with over 820 languages, Papua New Guinea holds 12% of all of the world's languages.