› added 9 years ago

71

TIL: When Steve Wozniak built the original 200 Apple-1 Computers in Steve Jobs’ parents’ garage, in 1976. they chose a price of $666.66, because Wozniak “liked repeating digits”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

kObx7 TIL Peru uses an ingenious system of "fog catchers" to make water accessible to residents of capital Lima's low-income neighborhoods. The fog catchers resemble large rectangular sailboat sails, which are composed of nylon nets that trap microdroplets of water.
GYwrG TIL that Rian Johnson directed both the much maligned 'The Last Jedi' and the Breaking Bad episode 'Ozymandias' which is widely considered one one the best episodes in the best series in the history of television.
pvQG TIL In Wisconsin in 1907 a mother spanked her child who had dynamite in his back pocket, exploding him and tearing her fingers off.
jNgXp TIL that Paul Kern, who was shot in the head in WWI and never slept again, spent about 12 of his 24-hr days clubbing and the worst “side effect” was how much it cost to stay awake all the time.
GAgZJ TIL that on May 19, 1998 L0pht Heavy Industries testified before the US Senate that they could take down the internet in 30 minutes with just a few packets.