› added 3 months ago

7

TIL: That there are no categories for only deaf athletes within the Paralympics. Instead they have their own competion called the Deaflympics.

Read more ukdeafsport.org.uk

via reddit.com

DYD TIL that Sean Connery has sworn not to return to Scotland until it becomes an independent state.
pYQ9Z TIL about Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition that makes people more friendly and sociable aswell as soemewhat intellectually disabled and results in "elefin" facial features and a host of physical problems.
8ao4b TIL about Jaime Escalante. He was able to help hundreds of students to pass the AP calculus test in a school where almost no students went to college. He was forced to leave the school due to death threats and intimidation from other teachers.
A6Rx TIL that since 1970, the polar bear population has more than doubled.
BrgAW TIL Alberto Brandolini, a programmer from Italy, in 2013 formulated the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle aka Brandolini's law which states: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it”. It highlights the difficulty of debunking bullshit.