› added 5 years ago

184

TIL A feather will maximize crop production in a garden

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

GA5BJ TIL that Bruce Lee’s famous one-inch punch was a demonstration of biomechanics, allowing him to generate significant force from minimal distance.
LQewP TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.
wLXXo TIL when the US Airspace was closed during the 9/11 attacks, passenger planes were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland. The community hosted 7,000 people until it was safe for them to re-enter America. The town has been awarded a piece of steel from the buildings to commemorate their efforts.
yVyWw TIL -40° Celsius is the same temperature as -40 Fahrenheit°.
LrPV TIL that parts of the Eye of Horus symbol were used by Ancient Egyptians to represent numerical fractions.