› added 13 years ago

420

TIL in the 90s scientists tried to create an artificial biosphere in the desert which ended up a massive failure crawling with crazy ants.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

W6lX TIL that both the United Kingdom and Canada have banned the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their countries.
ADGXx TIL that in 2007, a married couple in Bosnia started cheating in online chatrooms. When each decided to meet their dates in person, they realized they had been cheating on each other- with each other.
VBl4Z TIL that the last recipient of the Gaddafi Human Rights Prize is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was awarded the prize in 2010.
yQnNv TIL of the tradition of the Missing Man (a.k.a Fallen Comrade Table) which is used to honor fallen, missing or imprisoned military service members
b6ja4 TIL that in the 19th century, photographers used a technique called "combination printing" to create seamless images by merging multiple negatives, allowing for artistic compositions and overcoming technical limitations of early photography.