k8l1 TIL An American made bank vault saved the contents from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, after reconstruction of the bank the new manager sent a congratulatory letter to the vault manufacturer.
6VLQ TIL there was a crooked bank in the Low Countries, that had its entrance in the Netherlands, but it’s vault in Belgium. Belgian Police couldn’t enter the bank; the Dutch could, but were forbidden from entering the vault.
x9Zk TIL: It takes a 10-person team to unlock the 22-ton bank vault at Fort Knox - still the most impenetrable vault in the world. Roughly 3% of all the gold ever refined in human history is stored there.
eLwk TIL in Italy, wheels of parmesan cheese can be used as collateral for loans. Banks charge 3-5% interest (depending on the quality) and a fee for maturing in temperature- and humidity-controlled vaults; large vaults can hold as many as 430,000 wheels worth €190M
awAZy TIL several Mosler Safe Company vaults were installed in Hiroshima's Mitsui Bank building prior to WWII. After surviving the nuclear attack on the island, the company became renowned for the strength of the vaults and would be the gold standard for blast doors during the Cold War.
v1GOR TIL - In 1836, a sewer worker accidentally discovered an old drain which ran directly into the Bank of England's gold vault. He wrote letters to the directors of the bank and requested a meeting inside the vault at an hour of their choosing - and popped out of the floor to greet them
4XeoN TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
nek8r TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
Z8nNQ TIL the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons, has a nuclear warhead proof vault built deep into a mountain in Utah, USA. This vault contains genealogical records on hundreds of millions of people.
7op TIL there is a Lego secret vault that holds nearly every lego set ever produced!