TIL about the CSS Hunley, a confederate submarine that sank three times, killing her entire crew each time. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that a set of triplets found each other coincidentally after being separated at adoption for a pyschological experiment, when a college student mistook one of the triplets for his unknown broth... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL about Bill Benter, a gambler who wrote an algorithm that helped him win nearly $1 billion on horse races. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that at the funeral of his first wife, Kato Svanidze, Stalin said "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." During her burial, S... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL During the first dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, one of the outer window panes on the bathysphere cracked. They opted to continue, and successfully reached the bottom. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL "Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat" was an unofficial mascot of the 2000 Summer Olympics. He proved so popular that the Australian Olympic Committee attempted to ban athletes appearing with Fatso to s... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Of Titanic Thompson, a prolific hustler and golfer of the early 20th century. One of Thompson's tricks was to play righthanded, win, and offer to play double or nothing lefthanded, he was natur... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time, the highest UK tax rate was 95%. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Pygopodidae, aka “legless lizards”, are a type of gecko that strongly resembles snakes while being unrelated to them. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL of Chaser, a border collie whose tested memory was the highest of any non-human animal. She could identify and retrieve 1022 different toys based on name and category. (en.wikipedia.org)
Wikipedia - List of ongoing armed conflicts (en.wikipedia.org)
Russo-Ukranian War is categorized under “Minor conflicts”. In the big picture it really is; if you notice which continents the conflicts are in, maybe you’ll see why this one is blown up so big. The painful truth is that the world only cares when white people are going to die.
