In 2011, The Perth Mint achieved an incredible triumph with the successful casting of the world's largest gold bullion coin, the Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin, inspired by the enduring popularity of the annual Australian Kangaroo Gold Bullion Coin…

This is one smart penguin!

Lost Dakota is a small portion of land that was left over after the division of the relatively gigantic former Dakota Territory into five other states in the late 19th century.

"Deep Space Homer" is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of American animated sitcom The Simpsons, which was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on February 24, 1994. In the episode, NASA selects Homer Simpson to participate in a spaceflight…

It’s been almost three decades years since “No Doubt” was founded by Gwen Stefani’s brother, Eric Stefani. There is very little that is known about him except that his vision and creativity helped to establish the legendary punk band.

Swiss citizenship laws have undergone dramatic changes in the past 20 years.

Information from IIHS-HLDI on roundabouts

Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, Douglas Tallamy urges Americans to go native and go natural

The great South American civilization used complex knots and fibers for record-keeping and communication.

An effort in Illinois to prevent biannual clock changes — such as the one Sunday moving time forward one hour — appears stalled. The state Senate passed a bill in November by Bunker Hill Democrat Andy Manar that calls for setting clocks ahead one hour to…

Ancient Greek arsonist

hypothetical type of planet that may be better-suited for life than Earth is

American fast food chain April Fool's joke

The toga was a garment worn by men who were citizens of Rome and which consisted of a single length of wool cloth cut in a semicircle and wrapped around the body of the wearer without any fastenings...

If you want to raise capital for your business, telling an investor that your new venture is weird, expensive to build, and that you’re not sure the health department will go for it is not the best approach.  And yet that’s exactly how Steven Schussler, CEO…

At the time of his death in 1820, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. was one of the most revered public figures in the Unite...

John Mulaney Relates How He Broke The News To Comedy Central On Dave Chappelle's Departure

Posted in r/todayilearned by u/Lockthecaps • 816 points and 40 comments

Want to know everything there is to know about a windsock? Check out this article about the purpose, colors, speed charts and suppliers of windsocks!

Excerpt from Montana State University / D. Cash & R. Johnson Every farmer has heard stories of someone affected by a hay fire. It certainly isn’t a minor incident since it can damage property and threaten lives. While hay fires can occur during transportation…