› added 2 years ago

156

TIL about Rob McKuen, the bestselling poet in American history who sold 60 million books and 100 million records but is all but forgotten today

Read more slate.com

via reddit.com

6868 TIL that after a year of people using NYC’s bikeshare program, riders have gone 14,700,000 mi. and none of them has died.
aw8LN TIL to use a hidden, already installed, Windows app that allows DVD quality recordings, of ANYTHING you hear over your computer speakers! This includes Youtube, Spotify, iPod, karaoke etc...
KOpR6 TIL in the Sellafield nuclear power plant there is an industrial freezer packed with an expanding mountain of radioactive seagulls that were shot by snipers employed by the plant
Adgd TIL That the Ebony tree will be extinct in 10-15 years unless acted upon, it also has the one of the longest growth rate for trees
lWnr TIL google chrome records audio from your computer’s microphone whenever it’s open and sends it a private company to be analyzed… without asking for permission first