› added 7 years ago

67

TIL Two weeks before the Castle Gate Mine disaster that killed 171 men, the Utah Fuel Company laid off many of the miners without dependents during a shortage of coal sales. As a result, 114 of the men killed in the disaster were married men and left behind 415 widows and fatherless children

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N7ALP TIL In 2016, a monkey fell on a transformer at a Kenya hydroelectric power plant, resulting in the loss of 180 megawatts of power which caused a nationwide blackout. The monkey survived and power was restored after four hours.
ypOa TIL That karate belts go from lighter to darker colors as you rank up since Japan was poor during WW2, and dying the belts were cheaper than getting new ones
5V9pQ TIL John Doyle was attacked by a great white shark while surfing off the coast of West Africa. He made it back to shore, only to be mauled by lions on the way to the hospital. He survived both attacks and made a full recovery.
nWm09 TIL fish can recognize themselves in mirror reflections and photos
78RDZ TIL there is a crab that was named after David Hasselhoff's piece - the Hoff crab.