› added 2 years ago

178

TIL that in 1986 the Voyager probe recorded Uranus releasing a huge amount of gas

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

ODLe TIL Amazon and Congo were likely one river before Africa and S.America drifted apart.
xV5B0 TIL McDonald's French Fry in the USA has 14 ingredients, in the UK (and the rest of Europe) it has 4 ingredients
dNp7 TIL The simple act of a surgical team stopping to answer a set of 19 questions such as “Do we have the right patient?” and “What operation are we performing?” has been proven to reduce deaths by more than 40% and complications by one third.
negMG TIL that the pseudonym Mark Twain actually comes from an archaic name for two fathoms, and that previous iterations of his name included “Josh” and “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass”.
R7xwl TIL that the only Local Post Office (non US Government Run) in America was located on Rattlesnake Island in Ohio