› added 11 months ago

36

TIL that it took roughly 22 years for scholars to decode the Rosetta Stone after its discovery

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

wYmM TIL Like the city of Detroit, Pompeii was heavily graffitied.
69AdW TIL someone patented a brass monkey arranged so that, when it got cold enough, its balls would freeze off
GYVa1 TIL In 2010, Apple soldered RAM in some laptops which prevented upgrades. In 2015, they soldered the SSD in some laptops, also preventing upgrades.
4kyGN TIL that electric vehicles typically weigh 20-50% more than gas-powered cars & guardrails do very little to stop EV’s from barreling through barriers
x6Jn1 TIL The original iPhone (and even the second-gen 3G) couldn't copy/paste.