› added 2 years ago

72

TIL A Chicago Woman named Jeanette Taylor was approved for affordable housing 29 years after applying

Read more insider.com

via reddit.com

xZKo TIL that if space wasn’t soundproof, we would hear the Sun burning at over 100 decibels, or as loud as a chainsaw from 5 meters away.
VBQOB TIL that Princess Diana and Winston Churchill are from the same family
W7vpN TIL that East Germany had an internet domain (.dd)
Z8l5Y TIL the marionberry is actually a blackberry, and it was developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA ARS breeding program. It is a cross between the 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie' blackberries!
Jwgj TIL there’s a term for the moments when a word suddenly doesn’t make sense to you and just feels like sounds that don’t have meaning. It’s called Semantic Satiation.