4 Really interesting facts for the end of the week

1# -

During the Second World War, British spies posing as charitable associations were playing Monopoly games for Allied POWs, which included maps, compass, and real money notes to escape.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)#1936.E2.80.931970

2# -

A lecturer at a US university wanted to prove to his students that reducing weight the only important thing was how many calories the body needed in relation to how many calories the body took out.

To do this, for two months, he was fed on a diet that included mainly Oreo, Twinkies and Doritos.

After two months, the professor dropped a little more than 12 kilograms.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie#Twinkie_diet

3# -

In Finnish, there is a word that says "get drunk at home, alone, in your underwear."

KALSARIKÄNNIT and Chill?

Source: https://finland.fi/emoji/kalsarikannit/

4# -

The SR-71 ("Black Bird") was so fast that the standard for evading ground-to-air missiles was simply to fly faster than the missile.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird