› added 2 days ago

1

TIL that since 1986, a grassroots group called Border Angels has been leaving bottled water in desert canyons to help migrants survive, even as the U.S. militarizes its border

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

D1lLD Til that in 1989 the U.S.A was going to build a 50 mile long particle accelerator in texas that would have discovered the higgs-boson 10 years before CERN.
epNmk TIL about Peter Winston, a chess prodigy, who - having posted a peak rating of 2285 and, aged only 14, beaten US Champion Walter Browne in 37 moves! - was last seen on January 26, 1978 and disappeared without a trace just before the Great New York blizzard of 1978 hit the East Coast.
R55lQ TIL Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, in a clinical study sanctioned by Disney, had a 70% success rate in helping pass kidney stones for simulated kidneys.
6EjGm TIL blood cancer patients only have a 30% chance of finding a suitable stem cell donor within their own family. Becoming a donor means you can become someone's life saving lottery ticket
j5X TIL that there is a place in Minnesota where you can drive a tank, and smash cars with it