11 Comments Do churches really not have to pay any taxes? What keeps other businesses from saying they are a church to take advantage of this? Also, how are they held accountable, do they have to show a certain percentage of humanitarian aid or anything? by QuestionGuy August 2, 2022, 6:37 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL that the packaging colour for air-dropped humanitarian ration packs had to be changed from yellow to salmon after someone realised that the same shade of yellow was also used for air-dropped cluster bombs. by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 2:14 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL the Tibetan Government-in-Exile offers passport-sized “Blue Books” to anyone (regardless of nationality) who commits to donating regularly to support Tibetan development and humanitarian efforts by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 8:15 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL banned since 2008 for ‘unacceptable humanitarian consequences’, antipersonnel cluster bombs were first used by the Germans in WW2. In Iraq in 1991, 61,000 were dropped , containing 20 million submunitions by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 6:57 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL Nigeria started a famine in 1968 that would kill 2-3 million people, prompting one of the largest humanitarian crises of all time. To which Nigeria responded “If the children must die first, then that is too bad, just too bad.” by whatilearned August 30, 2021, 8:57 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Tippi Hedren, star of Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, is the reason why 40% of nail salon technicians in the US are Vietnamese women. While doing humanitarian work in Norcal in the 70’s, she introduced them to nail work, leading many to getting licensed and pass along the skill. by whatilearned August 15, 2021, 7:41 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL, despite the embargo, the US allows sale of food, medicine, and other humanitarian items to Cuba, and has done so for more than 20 years now by whatilearned July 15, 2021, 2:47 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL about LBJ’s affair spanning decades with Alice Glass, a humanitarian who eventually ended it when the president escalated military action in Vietnam. by whatilearned July 14, 2021, 1:53 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
25 Comments [Serious] What is the biggest problem holding humanity back from our next cultural, scientific or humanitarian breakthrough? by QuestionGuy May 27, 2021, 7:55 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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