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TIL that Czechoslovakia supported Bolivia during the Chaco War in the 1930s

by whatilearned June 19, 2022, 1:00 pm

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TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 4:02 am

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TIL that Hugo Ferdinand Boss, the original founder of Hugo Boss, manufactured NSDAP, SS & Wehrmacht clothing in the early 1930s until end of WW2

by whatilearned May 23, 2022, 9:43 am

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TIL: Fordlandia, a small town built by Henry Ford in the middle of the Amazon jungle meant to resemble Northern Michigan of the 1930s. It was a failed state meant to produce enough rubber for his growing car production.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 10:46 pm

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TIL about the cult of Juan Soldado – a soldier who was executed for rape and murder in 1930s Tijuana, Mexico. Believers in his innocence have come to view him as a kind of “folk-Saint” – adorning his tomb with prayers, effigies and offerings.

by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 4:46 am

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TIL amphetamine abuse originally became prolific due to its use as a decongestive inhalant in the 1930’s

by whatilearned April 9, 2022, 1:20 am

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TIL Before the 1930s, the US 45th Infantry division’s symbol was a red square with a yellow Hooked Cross, a tribute to the large Native American population in the southwestern United States.

by whatilearned April 7, 2022, 7:21 am

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TIL of the field recordings of Alan Lomax, a folklorist. He travelled recording a wide spectrum of musical performances, stories, jokes and personal narratives for the US Library of Congress in the 1930s. His life’s work is now digitally archived.

by whatilearned March 28, 2022, 2:56 am

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TIL that most Canadian airport IATA codes start with the letter Y. This is due to most of them having a weather station in the 1930s, and therefore a “Y” was added to the existing two-letter radio code for each airport

by whatilearned March 23, 2022, 4:59 pm

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TIL “Pablum,” a word that now means “bland or insipid intellectual fare, entertainment, etc” was originally a brand of baby food in the 1930’s designed to treat infant malnutrition. It was first tested on indigenous children in Canada’s now infamous residential schools.

by whatilearned March 17, 2022, 5:24 pm

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TIL that in the early days of crossword puzzles, the game became an object of cultural hysteria. Newspapers and magazines from the 1920’s – 1930’s warned of a “crossword craze” gripping the country’s minds. The trend was described as an “epidemic,” a “virulent plague,” and a “national menace.”

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 5:15 pm

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TIL the founder of the sportswear company Puma (Rudolf Dassler) and the founder of Adidas (Adolf Dassler) were brothers. In the 1930s, both Dassler brothers joined the Nazi Party, with Rudolf reputed as being the more ardent Nazi, while Adolf’s joining was more out of the economic interest.

by whatilearned February 18, 2022, 9:45 am

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