TIL the Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 for their mathematical calculations. This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.
https://ift.tt/ijTu06F
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 07:30AM by Abdullah733
via reddit https://ift.tt/ZHN1apm
https://ift.tt/ijTu06F
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 07:30AM by Abdullah733
via reddit https://ift.tt/ZHN1apm
Wikipedia
Babylonian cuneiform numerals
numeral system used in ancient Babylonia
TIL that because of the US Airways aircraft incident on the Hudson River (portrayed in the movie "Sully") 70,000 Canada geese have been intentionally killed in 17 different locations around New York City to prevent further complications with flights.
https://ift.tt/QV4Hmaj
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:35AM by Ministash
via reddit https://ift.tt/wgtjX6q
https://ift.tt/QV4Hmaj
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:35AM by Ministash
via reddit https://ift.tt/wgtjX6q
Wikipedia
US Airways Flight 1549
2009 aircraft accident in New York, USA
😢4
TIL NASA has their own SWAT team
https://ift.tt/dPb40E1
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 09:42AM by LOSERS_ONLY
via reddit https://ift.tt/mQvsgrT
https://ift.tt/dPb40E1
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 09:42AM by LOSERS_ONLY
via reddit https://ift.tt/mQvsgrT
NASA
Emergency Response Team Places in Top 10 at Annual SWAT Round-Up International Competition - NASA
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) members finished in the top 10 overall during the 37th Annual SWAT Round-Up International at the
TIL that the reason Washington DC was created as a perfect square was due to vague wording in The Constitution in which it stated that the capital district must be "10 miles square".
https://ift.tt/2wIH7Xz
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 02:54PM by Username_Is_TakenF
via reddit https://ift.tt/ekcwjph
https://ift.tt/2wIH7Xz
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 02:54PM by Username_Is_TakenF
via reddit https://ift.tt/ekcwjph
Atlas Obscura
Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City
It all goes back to a rather literal reading of some rather vague instructions in the Constitution.
TIL modern Africa is associated with large mammals like elephants, lions, and rhinos, but large mammals had a global distribution until a mass extinction roughly 11,700 years ago and Africa is simply the only continent that retained a large amount of them
https://ift.tt/nbdWMGg
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 03:48PM by admiralturtleship
via reddit https://ift.tt/ADZt1zW
https://ift.tt/nbdWMGg
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 03:48PM by admiralturtleship
via reddit https://ift.tt/ADZt1zW
Earth.com
Vanishing giants: Study reveals shocking decline of large mammals in Africa
This slow loss reflects the long-term decline of large mammal diversity since the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs
❤🔥5👍1
TIL Candlewicks are asymmetrical braiding. When it burns it curls on that side. Before that invention you had to trim the wick every few hours as your candle would smoke.
https://ift.tt/SCXgxi5
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 04:03PM by wileybot
via reddit https://ift.tt/Dgx4CN0
https://ift.tt/SCXgxi5
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 04:03PM by wileybot
via reddit https://ift.tt/Dgx4CN0
Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog
In the days when candle wicks still had to be trimmed…
Until the first half of the 19th century, a pair of candle scissors was an essential tool in every home, and the wick-trimming tool of the lighting technician in every major theatre.
TIL the shortest war in history was just 38 minutes.
https://ift.tt/60uCejW
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 05:50PM by Different_Plate6441
via reddit https://ift.tt/2Q94rCt
https://ift.tt/60uCejW
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 05:50PM by Different_Plate6441
via reddit https://ift.tt/2Q94rCt
Encyclopedia Britannica
Anglo-Zanzibar War | Summary, Facts, & Duration
Anglo-Zanzibar War (August 27, 1896), brief conflict between the British Empire and the East African island sultanate of Zanzibar. When prince Khalid ibn Barghash seized the throne, British cruisers fired on his position. The war lasted no longer than 40…
TIL during five periods since 1990, Delaware has been the only U.S. state without any scheduled commercial airline flights. The periods were 1993 through 1998, 2000 to 2006, April 2008 to June 30, 2013, April 2015 and February 2021, and most recently from June 2022 to January 2023.
https://ift.tt/VrceFOJ
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 05:51AM by -Appleaday-
via reddit https://ift.tt/PxJG7s3
https://ift.tt/VrceFOJ
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 05:51AM by -Appleaday-
via reddit https://ift.tt/PxJG7s3
Wikipedia
Wilmington Airport (Delaware)
Wilmington Airport (IATA: ILG, ICAO: KILG) (formerly known as New Castle Airport, New Castle County Airport, sometimes referred to as Wilmington-New Castle Airport, or to a lesser extent Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport and Greater Wilmington Airport)…
TIL that the island of Ocracoke, North Carolina was the location where the pirate Blackbeard died on November 1718.
https://ift.tt/CLZsT5J
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:08PM by unikaled
via reddit https://ift.tt/qcoO6SD
https://ift.tt/CLZsT5J
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:08PM by unikaled
via reddit https://ift.tt/qcoO6SD
Wikipedia
Ocracoke, North Carolina
census designated place in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States
TIL birth rates in the U.S have dropped more than 20 % since 2007
https://ift.tt/z1EoLhJ
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:56PM by LatinaaBanina
via reddit https://ift.tt/jgtKFRS
https://ift.tt/z1EoLhJ
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:56PM by LatinaaBanina
via reddit https://ift.tt/jgtKFRS
The Conversation
US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.
🎉5💩4🤔2
TIL that the "feels like" temperature refers to an actual physical difference in how quickly your body loses heat rather than just how the temperature is perceived psychologically
https://ift.tt/lzKbir2
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:59PM by owiseone23
via reddit https://ift.tt/2i34wDd
https://ift.tt/lzKbir2
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:59PM by owiseone23
via reddit https://ift.tt/2i34wDd
Wikipedia
Wet-bulb temperature
temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked cloth
The iPhone X, which cost $999, contained so much components from Samsung that the company earned $110 per device sold
https://ift.tt/e4lV9Bq
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:09PM by Ljosmyndun
via reddit https://ift.tt/x5jz8il
https://ift.tt/e4lV9Bq
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:09PM by Ljosmyndun
via reddit https://ift.tt/x5jz8il
Medium
Inside Samsung, one of the most unique tech companies
For nearly 300 weeks in a row, my co-host Freddy and I have been following the goings-on in the tech sector to talk about it in our podcast…
👏1
TIL After the Landing on the Hudson by Captain Sullenberger due to bird strike, NYC killed nearly 70,000 Canadian Geese, Gulls, and other birds in response
https://ift.tt/tnL2dJm
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:00PM by MangyTransient
via reddit https://ift.tt/Rdftc3q
https://ift.tt/tnL2dJm
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:00PM by MangyTransient
via reddit https://ift.tt/Rdftc3q
the Guardian
Nearly 70,000 birds killed in New York in attempt to clear safer path for planes
Bird-killing programs at airports ramped up in response to 2009 accident when jetliner was forced to land in Hudson river after birds were sucked into engine
TIL shorts were once considered taboo in America. The city of Honesdale, PA banned the wearing of shorts in 1938, "Honesdale is a modest town, not a bathing beach." In May 1959, Plattsburgh, N.Y. banned the wearing of shorts by anyone over 16. Violators received a $25 fine or 25 days in jail.
https://ift.tt/dmoViyl
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:52PM by laterdude
via reddit https://ift.tt/TEarC2G
https://ift.tt/dmoViyl
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:52PM by laterdude
via reddit https://ift.tt/TEarC2G
NPR
When Wearing Shorts Was Taboo
In certain places in American history, showing a little leg has been illegal — for men and women.
Til Marcus Licinius Crassus, often called the richest man in Rome in time of Julius Ceasar, created first ever Roman fire brigade. However the brigade wouldn't put out the fire until the owner would sell the property in question to Crassus for miserable price.
https://ift.tt/eZEIk1P
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 10:39PM by TheHabro
via reddit https://ift.tt/Dwb971a
https://ift.tt/eZEIk1P
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 10:39PM by TheHabro
via reddit https://ift.tt/Dwb971a
Wikipedia
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus (/ˈkræsəs/; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He is often called "the richest man in Rome".
🔥2💩1
TIL that the CPR doll is modeled after a real person. Her name was L'Inconnue de la Seine and she drowned in a river near Paris. She has come to be known as “the most kissed face in the world”.
https://ift.tt/dkblLei
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:51PM by RMtotheStars
via reddit https://ift.tt/JO9Is4i
https://ift.tt/dkblLei
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 06:51PM by RMtotheStars
via reddit https://ift.tt/JO9Is4i
Wikipedia
L'Inconnue de la Seine
anonymous woman famous for a purported death mask that may in fact have been a life mask, and associated with an apocryphal cause of death as drowing
TIL of Jan Palach, He was a student at Prague University in January 1969 when he self-immolated in protest of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. 26 other self-immolations were made and Jan became an icon of Czech freedom and eventually a national hero after the Velvet Revolution
https://ift.tt/CwUBnJe
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 09:13PM by Sayyid_Karim
via reddit https://ift.tt/ar7pY8l
https://ift.tt/CwUBnJe
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 09:13PM by Sayyid_Karim
via reddit https://ift.tt/ar7pY8l
Wikipedia
Jan Palach
Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation in protest (1948–1969)
❤5🔥1
TIL that Minecraft became the first video game ever to reach 300 million copies sold worldwide and this equates to it having sold 47 copies per minute, every minute, since the game's release in 2011.
https://ift.tt/Qv89RBw
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 11:32PM by tyrion2024
via reddit https://ift.tt/uiGUVym
https://ift.tt/Qv89RBw
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 11:32PM by tyrion2024
via reddit https://ift.tt/uiGUVym
Evening Standard
Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales
The best-selling game of all time has reached yet another milestone
🥰2
TIL of Luciano Re Cecconi, an Italian football legend, who died in 1977 while pulling a prank on a friend's jewelry store posing as robbers. As the store had actually been robbed, the scared owner shot Cecconi dead. His last words were "It's just a joke! It's just a joke!"
https://ift.tt/cXZ3gka
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 10:45PM by teruteru-fan-sam
via reddit https://ift.tt/7h1iCvq
https://ift.tt/cXZ3gka
Submitted January 15, 2024 at 10:45PM by teruteru-fan-sam
via reddit https://ift.tt/7h1iCvq
Forza Italian Football
Legend of Calcio: Luciano Re Cecconi
An unsung hero amid the madness of Lazio’s infamous bad boy side of Scudetto winners that claimed the noscript in 1974, Luciano Re Cecconi is a worthy legend in the history of Italian football…
💩1
TIL that in 1960, some 14,000 cats were dropped by parachute over Borneo to combat a rat plague, and it worked!
https://ift.tt/4F5ayzT
Submitted January 16, 2024 at 10:32AM by iamchagga
via reddit https://ift.tt/46PjA2B
https://ift.tt/4F5ayzT
Submitted January 16, 2024 at 10:32AM by iamchagga
via reddit https://ift.tt/46PjA2B
Wikipedia
Operation Cat Drop
UK air drop of cats into Borneo to combat rats
👏8
TIL that in 1982, 28-year-old Vladimir Smirnoff, ranked world #1 in fencing, was killed at the World Fencing Championships when a broken foil pierced his mask, entered his eye socket and penetrated his frontal lobe. The incident is the reason why fencing uniforms now include Kevlar as standard.
https://ift.tt/jHew0Yk
Submitted January 16, 2024 at 11:36AM by a3poify
via reddit https://ift.tt/sP03Lqt
https://ift.tt/jHew0Yk
Submitted January 16, 2024 at 11:36AM by a3poify
via reddit https://ift.tt/sP03Lqt
Wikipedia
Vladimir Smirnov (fencer)
Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Смирно́в, Ukrainian: Володимир Вікторович Смирнов; 20 May 1954 – 29 July 1982) was a Ukrainian SSR Soviet foil and épée fencer. He was the 1980 Olympic champion in men's foil, and the 1981 world…
😢1