› added 4 years ago

91

TIL that in September 1945 Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett defied US restrictions and snuck into Hiroshima by train. Burchett was the first to tell the world about the effects of radiation on the victims of the bombing, which the US denied both before and after his story was published.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

E1nQ0 TIL Dennis Hastert, former Republican Speaker of the House from 1999-2007 became the highest ranking US politician to go to prison. He had molested an unconfirmed number of boys (at least 4) and was indicted and plead guilty on charges of silencing a victim with hush money. He served 12 months.
WkZwY TIL After Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker visited Washington, Kennedy said he never wanted “to see the boring son of a bitch again”
PYRgJ TIL Ciabatta bread was created in 1982 by Arnaldo Cavallari, a miller who wanted to give Italy its own bread to stop baguette imports from France that threatened to monopolize the lucrative sandwich market in Italy.
N7l9e TIL the history of wrestling on the radio goes back some sixty years. With the likes of George Cannon, Ric Carter, John Arezzi and then in more recent years with The LAW, Busted Open Radio and countless podcasts. It appears that it will only continue to grow in popularity.
a8x5y Today I learned that the State University of Arizona conducted a study based on the Ministry of Silly Walks Monty Python sketch, and found that "Had an initiative to promote inefficient movement been adopted in the early 1970s, we might now be living among a healthier society"