› added 4 years ago

121

TIL Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe lost the bridge of his nose in a duel over a mathematical formula.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

M7YrK TIL, with a running start, Usain Bolt ran a 100m in 8.70 seconds in 2009
16gwP TIL water becomes a non-polar solvent when it reaches supercritical state.
WkvnA TIL that the Great Falls of the Potomac northwest of Washington, DC is the steepest falls in the eastern US and are along the Atlantic Fall Line of the Appalachian Mountains, dropping 76 feet in under 1 mile.
Y8Pv TIL of a Russian all-female bomber unit flying biplanes against the Germans in WW2. While two pilots distracted the searchlights, a third would cut her engines and glide in to deliver her bombs; 23,000 missions were flown and the enemy dubbed them “Night Witches”
Rp1Q TIL that the true meaning of the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody still remain a secret within the band