› added 11 years ago

191

TIL there is a modern-day Rosetta Stone that intends to be an archive of human languages called the Rosetta disk. While it is only 3 inches in diameter, it has over 1,500 languages etched onto its surface. It has over 13,000 pages of information which need to be magnified 1000 times to be read.

Read more rosettaproject.org

via reddit.com

R7erw TIL that because of the Jay Treaty of 1794, "Indians" born in Canada have full rights to enter, work, attend college, and access public benefits in the U.S. exactly as if they were citizens. U.S. "Indians" have very limited access in the other direction.
oB4bE TIL that the Boeing 747-200 Air Force One costs $206,000 per flight hour to operate (including fuel, flight consumables, and maintenance), while a commercial 747 costs about $20,000 to $25,000 per flight hour.
e0ro5 TIL of Xennials - a micro generation born between 1977 and as late as 1985, who don’t fit the mold of either Gen X or Millennials, but share characteristics with both cohorts.
LQ5rm TIL the final battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in Cuddalore, India between Britain and France. The war had actually formally ended via treaty six months prior, but the news didn’t reach India until June 29, 1783 when a British ship showed up in the midst of the battle waving a white flag.
V7L0 TIL that Charles Nelson Reilly, actor/comedian best known as the long time panelist on the game show Match Game, was a survivor of the 1944 Hartford circus tent fire in which 169 people died. He never sat in an audience again for the remainder of life because large crowds reminded him of the event.