› added 9 years ago

56

TIL that German architect Herman Sörgel had a plan to build an enormous dam across the Strait of Gibraltar to lower the sea level of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m to colonize new territories and produce huge amounts of hydroelectricity.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

eR4k TIL there is a 5th Ninja Turtle - a female named Venus de Milo
Rx71 TIL there’s a PS2 video game where you play as a mosquito and your job is to suck blood from a family.
MeErb TIL that Aretha Franklin holds the record for winning the most consecutive Grammys in the same category. She won the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance every year from 1968 to 1975, for an eight-year winning streak. She also won in 1982, 1986, and 1988, giving her 11 wins in the category.
YPXG TIL that Typhoon Longwang was was the deadliest tropical cyclone to impact China during the 2005 Pacific typhoon season, also its name makes me laugh.
dDW87 TIL stress is the #5 killer of Americans… but only if they believe stress is bad