› added 7 years ago

605

TIL that Germany opened its Special Forces to women in 2001. Only one woman applied & she failed the requirements. As of 2016, no woman has passed the selection process.

Read more bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com

via reddit.com

0wG05 TIL 'Flip-Flop', 'chit chat', 'criss cross', are actually examples of a grammatical rule in English called, 'Ablaut Reduplication'. The rule always follows the same order of vowels, 'I-A-O'. There are no examples of Reduplication that break this rule.
vPvGj TIL The Halo Effect where attractive people will perform academic score better compare the unattractive ones; On a scale of 1 to 9, the well-written essay by the attractive author received an average of 6.7 while the unattractive author received a 5.9
4XWj5 TIL The first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon (Apollo 11) had an on board guidance computer with only 4kB of RAM (32,768 bits) and 72kB (589,824 bits) of ROM.
R7lLa TIL Elizabeth Shoaf, 14, was abducted & held captive in an underground bunker for 10 days. To survive, she befriended her captor & outsmarted him to obtain his phone. She text her family & police were able to trace the number to a nearby phone line.
l8Z5 TIL that Paul Newman’s food product line, “Newman’s Own” donate all proceeds after taxes to charity. They have raised over $330 million so far.