W7bod TIL about what3words, a location service that divided the world into 57 trillion squares and assigned each a unique "address" comprised of three-word combinations. The accuracy can allow rescue and emergency services to pinpoint those in need of aid when a specific address is unavailable.
9wXl7 TIL For two thousand years, most Koreans wore only white clothing
nWMxB TIL that in 1969, the BBC aired a live-action sitcom called "The Gnomes of Dulwich," where the characters were all garden gnomes.
4kWpo TIL their exists a genetic disorder that can paralyze you after sunset but you can function normally during the day.
x6nk7 TIL the person who executes FL death row inmates Is a private citizen who is paid $150 per execution.
epbVk TIL the name of the video plataform Vimeo is an anagram of "movie", a portmanteau of the words "video" and "me" and a play of another word: "mimeo".
VBboQ TIL the second-deadliest massacre during South African apartheid was a pogrom perpetrated against the Indian community. It lasted for 3 days and resulted in 142 deaths
X0bo6 TIL that it's impossible to know exactly how long 6 months will take, because "leap seconds" can be added to our clocks with only 6 months of warning.
OGva6 TIL that during the First Dynasty of Egypt, Ancient Egyptians would sacrifice servants after a Pharaoh died so that those killed would continue to serve their master in the afterlife.
69wV7 TIL the Drake Passage has been described as having the roughest seas in the world; 20,000 sailors have lost their lives there and its waters hold more than 800 shipwrecks
wo4kE TIL the Archi language spoken in Southern Dagestan in Russia near Azerbaijan has a lot of ways to form verbs (1.5 million ways). It is still spoken by about 1,700 people in a few villages
R5ykl TIL that Roman Britain had an North African Berber governor.