› added 7 years ago

119

TIL of Чадоград, a "city" where everything is run by kids. Each visiting kid is given training by "doctors", can learn how to operate a plane, learn journalism, and even driving lessons. Also exists a "bank" among other buildings to prepare kids for the real world.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

x65Db TIL Sega accidentally made a Disney game in error. After the success of Castle Of Illusion, they released Fantasia but it turned out the license to adapt the movie was given by mistake as Walt Disney's nephew Roy promised not to adapt it.
mG0O TIL In 1903, a large pocket of underground gas was found in Dexter, KS. In the hopes of economic prosperity, a celebration was planned. The burning of the gas was to “light the entire countryside for a day and a night,” but it just wouldn’t ignite… and Helium was discovered.
BrVvK TIL that most Buddhists do not believe in God. Although they respect and look up to the Buddha, they do not believe he was a god but they worship him as a form of respect.
Y70kx TIL U.S. railroads adopted the Standard Time System on the "Day of Two Noons." On Nov. 18, 1883, the Univ. of Pittsburgh's observatory telegraphed railroads at the exact moment of high noon under the 90th meridian line to reset/synchronize their clocks, dissolving the 100+ timezones previously used.
d0OB TIL that Ferrero, the company that makes Nutella, Kinder chocolate, Ferrero Rocher, and Tic Tacs, is considered to be both one of the most secretive and most reputable companies in the world.