› added 4 months ago

113

TIL there's 110 million landmines still buried, across nearly 70 countries

Read more news.un.org

via reddit.com

DQ9nj TIL that Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales can eject a reddish-brown "ink" in order to confuse or discourage potential predators, just as an octopus or a squid might do.
OLm6 TIL the memory technique that Sherlock Holmes uses, known as a “Mind Palace”, is a real technique and that most of the people who have mastered this practice are of average intelligence.
J11LV TIL that hand boilers can indeed be used to measure blood pressure through the variations of temperature at different pressures.
QN9xE TIL In Albertville, French Alps, cheese generates electricity. Using whey from beaufort cheese production, a plant produces biogas, powering a turbine that generates 2.8 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough for 1,500 people.
0w4QR TIL famed comic book creator Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil :Born Again, 300) also wrote Vanilla Ice's Ninja Rap from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2:The Secret Of the Ooze.