› added 7 months ago

53

TIL every fraction of sevenths is the same sequence of recurring numbers but with the decimal point moved. 1/7=0.142857, 2/7=0.285714, 3/7=0.428571 etc.

Read more sciencemadesimple.com

via reddit.com

m1pDx TIL there's a competition in Alaska called Fat Bear Week, where people vote for the fattest bears that are preparing to hibernate.
KoDJ TIL a Dilemma is a difficult choice between just 2 options, Trilemmas, Quadrilemmas, and so forth exist for more options
PvyG Today I learned about the Mobile Bay Jubilee, a recurring natural phenomenon found in only one spot on the whole world. Roughly once a year, thousands of crab, shrimp, eels and fish will leave deeper waters to swarm onto the shallower coastal waters, due to oxygen suffocation
OrO7 TIL The song that launched Britney Spears’ career Hit Me Baby One More Time was originally offered to and was rejected by R&B group TLC
lWxA TIL When a coal mine catches fire, it burns for decades or even centuries. There are thousands of these fires across the world at any given moment.