Today I Learned
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Today I Learned (TIL)
Some examples from the site:
After seeing Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the astronauts of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to leave Earth's orbit, were tempted to radio back reporting the appearance of a black monolith.
156 years ago today, March 30 1858, the first wooden pencil with a rubber eraser was patented.
In a study to improve hospital design for children, researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; every single one reported disliking or fearing them.
The oldest known complete printed book is in Chinese and dates from May 11, 868.
In 1971, Rep. Tom Moore Jr. of Texas wrote a bill honoring the Boston Strangler to prove a point that the House doesn't pay attention to the bills they pass. It passed.
China has spent billions of dollars building whole cities, including replicas of Paris and Venice, which are now ghost towns vastly inflating their GDP
Rembrandt's students pranked him by painting fake coins on the floor to watch him try to pick them up.
All of wire in the Golden Gate Bridge could be wrapped around the world three times.
JFK gave a speach in 1961 mentioning weather control, GPS, and space based WMD's in the future.
Since the introduction of atomic time, leap seconds became necessary, resulting in a minute with 61 seconds.. There are approximately 8 leap seconds every decade.
If we took the whole internet and stored it in books, we could cover the whole area of China or the USA with 13 layers of books.
There is over 400,000 pounds of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit.
Today I Learned (TIL)
Some examples from the site:
After seeing Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the astronauts of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to leave Earth's orbit, were tempted to radio back reporting the appearance of a black monolith.
156 years ago today, March 30 1858, the first wooden pencil with a rubber eraser was patented.
In a study to improve hospital design for children, researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; every single one reported disliking or fearing them.
The oldest known complete printed book is in Chinese and dates from May 11, 868.
In 1971, Rep. Tom Moore Jr. of Texas wrote a bill honoring the Boston Strangler to prove a point that the House doesn't pay attention to the bills they pass. It passed.
China has spent billions of dollars building whole cities, including replicas of Paris and Venice, which are now ghost towns vastly inflating their GDP
Rembrandt's students pranked him by painting fake coins on the floor to watch him try to pick them up.
All of wire in the Golden Gate Bridge could be wrapped around the world three times.
JFK gave a speach in 1961 mentioning weather control, GPS, and space based WMD's in the future.
Since the introduction of atomic time, leap seconds became necessary, resulting in a minute with 61 seconds.. There are approximately 8 leap seconds every decade.
If we took the whole internet and stored it in books, we could cover the whole area of China or the USA with 13 layers of books.
There is over 400,000 pounds of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit.
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