› added 8 months ago

45

TIL that we see wheels and turbines spin in the opposite direction due to the "wagon wheel effect," an optical illusion resulting from high speed

Read more plus.maths.org

via reddit.com

BrJwL TIL that in 1986 the Dutch embassy in London found out that the Scilly Isles in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands continued to fight each other for 335 straight years due to a conflict involving Royalist forces. No one got injured.
PPJe TIL the FBI followed MLK and sent a letter to his home asking him to kill himself. With the letter was a tape of King’s sexual dalliances.
P1dV TIL that an alligators immune system can fight HIV
0woON TIL a sexually mature male duck is called a drake
BrEky TIL that because of Uranus’ axial tilt, it “rolls” around the sun like a marble. It’s poles each experience 42 years of light and 42 years of darkness during the summer and winter solstices.