W7aQ4 Today I learned that Venus is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise, and Uranus spins almost perfectly on its side—making their rotation truly unique among all the planets we know
9w16D TIL of the "Coffin Corner" - a concept in aerodynamics where you cannot fly faster without causing your wings to go supersonic nor fly slower without stalling. This occurs due to how increase in altitude both increases TAS relative to IAS and reduces temperature (thus reducing speed of sound)
nWPaG TIL that, using money earned from a 1961 biography of his brother Ernest, Leicester Hemingway created a micronation called New Atlantis on a 240 square foot raft off the coast of Jamaica, where he lived with his wife and young children. It lasted five years before it was destroyed in a storm.
4kZna TIL that in the town of Omachi, Japan, there are rice crackers with wasps in them.
x6ZjB TIL George Thorogood and The Destroyers undertook the 50/50 Tour of the US, wherein they performed 50 shows in 50 American states in 50 days.
ep96E TIL: teenage dirtbag is not by weezer
VBZAm TIL that One World Trade Center has a height of 1,776 feet, which is a reference to the year of U.S. declaration of independence.
X0KAP TIL 'Protect and Serve' is a Marketing Slogan -- It's Not Real
OGNP4 TIL in 2013 a California woman waited outside a county jail for several hours in order to slap someone because she wanted to go to jail so she could stop smoking. She "knew that the only way to quit smoking was to go to jail because they don't allow tobacco" She ended up being sentenced to 63 days.
69KW8 TIL that beekeeping can damage biodiversity. Studies on the Italian island of Giannutri showed that high densities of managed honeybees reduce the amount of nectar and pollen available for other pollinators.
wo7jP TIL that there is a Jackson Pollock painting that was confiscated by the Iranian Customs Services for money owed by the Iran's Ministery of Culture. The artwork was being returned to Iran after being on exhibit in Japan. The painting is estimated to be valued at $250 million.
R5YN4 TIL that through the early 20th century many people believed that the moon didn't actually rotate - including Nikola Tesla, who published a "proof" that the moon had no rotational energy.