› added 6 years ago

97

TIL that most volume knobs must operate on a logarithmic curve, not a linear one, because the human brain perceives differences in small volumes far better than it can tell differences in large volumes

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

5VeKn TIL: Only 40% of Large NEOs (Near Earth Asteroids) have been identified
dDy1Q TIL that the largest intact passenger ship on the seabed after sinking is the HMHS Brittanic (sank 1916), sister ship of the RMS Titanic.
N7aA6 TIL of Sidney Gottlieb, who headed the CIA’s MK-Ultra LSD mind control experiments. Known as the "Black Sorcerer" and the "Dirty Trickster,” he retired to an ecologically friendly home, where he raised goats, ate yogurt and advocated peace and environmentalism. He also ran a leper hospital in India.
yQoLw Today I learned about Jury Nullification, a process where a jury in America can find a guilty defendant not guilty if they feel the law is immoral or unjustly applied.
Y4DG TIL Apple is purposely slowing down your iphones with software upgrades designed to significantly slow down older models and force users to upgrade to new model. It’s a marketing practice called “planned obsolescence”.