hamutaro t1_ixt4mmh wrote on November 26, 2022 at 3:23 AM

Reply to comment by DJ_Femme-Tilt in TIL that in a cricket match in Bradford, England, all the 22 players involved were surnamed Patel as was the 15-year-old scorer by RJtrip

There’s also a credit union known as Patelco which has nothing to do with anyone named “Patel”. In this case the “Patel” is just a shortened version of Pacific Telecom.

hamutaro t1_ixpysp5 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 11:33 AM

Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL about the Nauruan Civil War. It went on for 10 years, killed more than 1/3 of the population and ended when the German's intervened. Shortly afterwards, it was annexed by Germany. by New_Blacksmith_115

They were pretty much the successor to the post-World War 1 era mandates created by the League of Nations - which placed ex-German and Ottoman colonies under the administration of one of the Entente powers (which is why you might occasionally hear terms like "Mandatory Palestine"). After World War 2, when the League of Nations disappeared and the UN took its place, the remaining League mandates were placed under UN oversight and renamed to "UN Trust Territories."

Also, while it's only hinted at in the article, Nauru was a part of one of those post-WW1 League mandates so the bit about it becoming UN Trust Territory after WW2 isn't really all that special.