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TIL that the fluffy silk in milkweed was used to insulate naval life preservers and even aviation suits during World War II. The Department of Agriculture rallied support for the troops with the slogan, “pick a weed, save a life.”

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 3:25 pm

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TIL That the last naval battle of WW2 took place between ships under sail complete with combat by boarding party.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 10:20 pm

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Scurvy, a history of forgetting – Naval history and exploration

by HistoryBuff August 21, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL about the “Symphony of Industrial Horns”. A avant-garde rendition of The Internationale performed by Arseny Avraamov in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1922. The Symphony utilized live sounds of trains, naval vessels, factories and other industrial installations across the city as its instruments.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 6:22 pm

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TIL During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 12:53 pm

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ACTUAL transcript of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.

by cringeyjokesman July 22, 2022, 4:47 pm

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TIL the iconic black & white stripes on the allied D-Day airplanes were a last minute idea to help the allied naval anti-aircraft gunners more easily identity friendly planes. This was done after frequent “friendly fire” incidents during the previous invasion of Sicily

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 1:33 am

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TIL Great Britain was an enthusiatic supporter of the Monroe Doctrine (stopping further colonisation of the Americas). In fact, for many years after the doctrine took effect, Britain was the only nation enforcing it, as the U.S. lacked sufficient naval capability.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 7:06 am

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TIL of Commander James H. Ward, the first US Naval officer to be killed in the American Civil War. A destroyer named after him fired the first American shots of the Pacific Theater in WW2, sinking a Japanese submarine. Actor Andy Devine is his great-grandson.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 2:47 am

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TIL in 1966, Dr Cyril Wecht was the first person to discover that President JFK’s brain had gone missing from the National Archives after his official autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, 1963. The chief pathologist in Kennedy’s autopsy later admitted he destroyed autopsy notes.

by whatilearned May 26, 2022, 5:55 am

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TIL: About the naval term – broom at the masthead. It meant that a vessel had made a clean sweep of enemy vessels. Ships literally hung a broom from the mast of a ship. Commonly used in WW2, it dates back to the 17th century.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 3:24 am

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TIL that the naval ensign of the Indian Navy continues to contain the flag of England (Cross of St George) defaced with India’s national flag as a canton (in the upper left quarter).

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 8:41 am

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