› added 10 years ago

222

TIL Mining train drivers in Australia paid as much as Surgeons in the US at $240k

Read more smh.com.au

via reddit.com

v17O8 TIL Many Romans, distrustful of the unreliable Italian post office, make weekly trips to the Vatican just to post their important letters.
eXDb TIL “Sally sells seashells by the sea shore” is based on the real life of Mary Anning, who dug up fossils to sell to tourists at the beach in the 1800s to help her poor family. She discovered several intact dinosaur skeletons, including findings that contributed to the eventual theory of evolution.
QJ1PE TIL one of Jupiter's moon, Europa is known to have a huge ocean underneath its icy surface. NASA is developing an ice-penetrating technology called ARCHIMEDES that uses laser light to penetrate Europa's crust and allow explorers to access its underlying ocean.
rbbd TIL Judge Judy Makes More Money than all 9 Supreme Court Justices Combined
wLVeM TIL that the traditional breakfast of NASA astronauts is steak and eggs.