› added 6 years ago

104

TIL The Voyager's "Golden Record" (an explanation of humanity for aliens) deliberately omits any mentions of religion, war or poverty.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

JRLv TIL that Martin Van Buren was the only president whose first language was not English. It was Dutch.
yV8a8 TIL Winnipeg's early skyscrapers are National Historic Sites of Canada. Between 1900 and 1916 twelve skyscrapers were built, inspired by aesthetic trends and technology from Chicago
EgZkw TIL The computing term "debugging" originated from the time when engineers had to remove moths (and other bugs) that the vaccum tubes attracted
ZpXjD TIL that long before we started saying 'LOL' on the internet, the Dutch have been using 'lol' to mean fun since the Middle Ages - and it's just a wild coincidence
D1B8r TIL Ohio was formally and retroactively admitted to the Union in 1953, after it was noted Congress had skipped a step in the process 150 years prior.