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What is the most American thing ever?

by QuestionGuy September 14, 2022, 4:51 pm

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TIL that there is no evidence that Frank Abagnale Jr. conned his way into being a pilot, a doctor, or a lawyer. Despite claiming he forged $2.5 million in checks, federal court records show that he was convicted of forging 10 Pan American Airlines checks totaling less than US$1,500.

by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 8:13 pm

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TIL about Chaicharn Harnavee, a Thai Special Force and POW in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. For assisting the American POWs who shared his captivity, Harnavee received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit medals from the United States and his picture is hung in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.

by whatilearned September 12, 2022, 10:42 pm

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TIL that costume designer Lizzy Gardiner wore a dress made out of 254 American Express Gold cards at the 1995 Oscars. The dress is now featured in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia

by whatilearned September 11, 2022, 7:23 pm

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TIL due to a blight that wiped out most N. American Chestnut trees, most domestic Chestnut hardwood is salvaged from old support beams or fallen trees and is very rare/expensive.

by whatilearned September 10, 2022, 6:28 pm

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What is a stereotype in American movies that Americans don’t do in real life?

by QuestionGuy September 10, 2022, 1:27 am

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TIL: Why The USA doesn’t dip its flag at the Olympics and its all thanks to an Irish American.

by whatilearned September 10, 2022, 1:08 am

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TIL The CIA attempted to create an American version of James Bond in hope of improving the agency’s public image…and the name of the agent was Peter Ward.

by whatilearned September 9, 2022, 12:31 pm

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Who remembers the television playing the Star Spangled Banner with an image of the American flag when there was no more programming late at night?

by QuestionGuy September 8, 2022, 5:42 am

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TIL about Raoul Whitfield, one of the earliest American hardboiled detective fiction writers. Close friends with Dashiell Hammett, he was briefly married to New York socialite Emily Davies Vanderbilt Thayer and created the character Jo Gar, a Spanish-Filipino detective in Manila.

by whatilearned September 8, 2022, 3:44 am

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What’s the difference between an American and a computer? A computer has troubleshooting.

by cringeyjokesman September 6, 2022, 7:11 pm

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TIL the American commanders of the invasion of Tarawa in 1943 were Major General Smith, Major General Smith and Major General Smith

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 4:52 am

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