› added 8 years ago

178

TIL that Professional Sumo wrestling in Japan has been dominated by Mongolian wrestlers for nearly 20 years.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

QJb1E TIL: Submarine networking is the process by which data is carried on subsea cables to connect continents. Submarine networks carry 95 percent of the world’s intercontinental electronic communications traffic.
RDQQ TIL CNN International refused to show a documentary on Bahrain’s human rights violations because they are paid by the Bahrain Regime to show the country in a good light
5YxPP TIL that due to the positioning of their legs, Loons are nearly incapable of walking. They often confuse wet pavement for bodies of water and become stranded as they require a long stretch of open water to take off again.
J4Kk TIL that there’s an edition of Windows called “Windows XP™ for Submarines”, and it’s run on the United Kingdom’s nuclear missile submarines
78ZMp TIL about the Macchina of Santa Rosa, a 30m/98ft high machine built to honour Saint Rose of Viterbo. Every year 100 men called "Facchini di Santa Rosa" hoist the machine, weighing about 5k kg/11k lb, and carry it through the streets of Viterbo, in Italy. The machine is rebuilt anew every five years