› added 4 months ago

21

TIL that in 2023 a guy was arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in homemade hamster wheel vessel

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

lXGG TIL a World of Warcraft player had 36 accounts on 11 computers simultaneously and raided by himself
kJoKB TIL from the 1990s through 2021 the NFL used a method called "race-norming", which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function, as part of a dementia test to determine payouts in brain injury settlements.
jNVAv TIL that a single Canada Goose has between 20 and 25 thousand feathers. Just a fraction of an inch of this feather insulation can keep a bird's body temperature at 104 degrees, even in freezing weather.
v0Ar TIL of Mercy Ships, cruise ships converted to hospitals that float the African coast treating patients at no cost.
6p6Y TIL that when famed jeweler Harry Winston donated the 45 carat Hope Diamond, valued at $200 to $250 million USD, to the Smithsonian, he simply shipped it via the US Postal Service in a box wrapped in brown paper.