› added 8 months ago

191

TIL 14,000 years ago we had a south star called Vega, as opposed to our current north star Polaris. Vega will realign as our south star again in 12,000 years.

Read more science.nasa.gov

via reddit.com

5YwQp TIL Julius Caesar was mocked by his opponents as "the Queen of Bithynia" over an alleged homosexual relationship with King Nicomedes IV. The scandalous part wasn't that the relationship was homosexual, but rather that Caesar was supposedly the sub
BrEPb TIL research reveals slow left lane drivers are spiking accident rates. Slowing down and changing lanes multiple times can be far more dangerous than speeding, causing almost 10 percent of highway accidents. Some drivers are misguided in believing they are keeping people safer by slowing traffic
kOar1 TIL , work causes mental health issues in 60% of workers, according to a survey of 3,000. 15% of those who admit to having mental health issues at work would face serious repercussions if they tell their boss, so they suffer in silence.
VDB8 TIL that only about 1% out of 1.25 billion people in India pay taxes
w7o1 TIL that Boeing used to use ferrets to carry wires to inaccessible places on aircraft