› added 8 months ago

47

TIL the only Monegasque competitor to ever have won an Olympic medal Olympic is Julien Médécin, who received a Bronze medal for Architecture in 1924

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QNbXa TIL that beer can become lightstruck a.k.a. "skunked" by being put in direct sunlight for less than ten seconds
P1bwO TIL that the D ration chocolate bar, issued to U.S. troops in WW2, was nicknamed "Hitler's Secret Weapon" by the troops for its effect on the soldiers' intestinal tracts.
YpvVr TIL until 1978 more Americans listened to AM than FM radio broadcasts.
nWVW7 TIL about combat juggling. A sport that combines the art of juggling, and the natural human spirit of fighting
ZpyGv TIL the small town of Taihape, New Zealand is known as the "Gumboot Capital of the World" because a fictional farmer character is from there. It hosts an annual Gumboot Day festival and gumboot tossing competition.