› added 1 month ago

19

TIL more people are dying from beach holes than sharks (in US)

Read more wusf.org

via reddit.com

kORe4 TIL during the Vietnam war, many American soldiers stationed in Japan went AWOL and fled to Sweden. Swedish PM Palme was vehemently against the war and promised that he would grant asylum to deserters.
mw4y TIL Churchill had two secret plans created in case he needed to go to war with the USSR, called Operation Unthinkable. These plans were so secretive, they weren’t revealed to the public until 1998.
1K4W TIL Monopoly is based on The Landlord Game, a socialist board game all about the evils of monopolies. With socialist messages.
R77a8 TIL the most dangerous job in the world is that of the South African farmer, with 156 deaths per 100,000
ADX5w TIL In Frasier, many of the callers to Frasier's show were celebrities who phoned their lines into the studio without having to appear in person. Celebrities who called in include Christopher Reeve, Eddie Van Halen, Jay Leno, Matthew Broderick, Timothy Leary, Macauley Culkin, and Kevin Bacon.