› added 4 years ago

54

TIL in 1714, a Norwegian captain and an English captain had a 14-hour long ship fight. Afterwards, both ships were badly damaged and the Norwegian captain was running out of ammo. He sent an envoy to the English ship, asking if he could borrow some of their ammo. They said no.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rW8o TIL That a Fraud Examiner went to the SEC in 2005 with a report showing Madoff’s returns were impossible but the SEC didn’t bother investigating the analysis
5V1wQ TIL that William Adams, known as Miura Anjin in Japanese and the first Englishman to reach Japan, served as a key advisor in Shogunate during his stay in Japan from 1600 to 1620. He helped boost foreign trade and ship manufacturing in Japan.
kDb4 TIL that women didn’t have the right to vote in one region of Switzerland until 1991. Two women had to file a lawsuit in Swiss Federal Court to gain voting rights in Appenzell Innerrhoden.
ev0n TIL a French convict used oranges painted like grenades to escape prison via a helicopter piloted by his wife who took flight lessons solely for the escape.
ZLGo TIL that both Cthulhu and Balrog are present on Pluto. Charon (one of it’s moons) can boast of Morder, Gallifrey, Vulcan, and a crater named after Ellen Ripley from Alien.