› added 4 years ago

339

TIL Isaac Asimov was an on-again, off- again member of MENSA. He drifted in and out of active membership due to some unpleasant members who were "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs,"

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

xe0w TIL UPS gets 15,000 parking tickets in New York a month
BYYy TIL That elderly people in Britain get a free TV licence so that their TV can act as a companion and reduce loneliness
G95J TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr., a Vietnam War helicopter pilot, saved 11 civilians during the My Lai massacre. He ordered his men to fire upon American soldiers if they tried to shoot civilians. While he was derided by Congress, 30 years later, he was awarded the “Soldier’s Medal” by the Army.
Lkb6P TIL that Rolls-Royce is one of the top manufacturers of aircraft engines for civil and military aviation.
569D TIL of the Challenger expedition of 1872-76, one of the first major scientific studies of the ocean depths. It discovered over 4,000 new species and conducted 492 deep sea soundings, including one that first discovered the Mariana Trench. In total, the ship was supplied with 291 km of rope.