› added 10 months ago

37

TIL there are proposed plans to expand the US telephone system because the number of available new 3-digit area codes is expected to be used up by around 2050.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

lvVr TIL that German police fired off 85 rounds of bullets in 2011, that’s the entire police force for the whole year
LQ5V0 TIL a baby blue whale can drink as much as 150 gallons of milk per day during its first year.
9pZ6 TIL men in switzerland are required to keep the firearms they are issued during military service at home after they leave the military so as to prevent home break ins and have the countries men ready to mobilize in the event of a threat.
6EDXX TIL that an artist set up an installation in a Namibian desert to play Toto's Africa for all eternity
bx8N TIL that the last heir to the former Ottoman Empire, Bayezid Osman, is a 92-year old former librarian living in New York City, who served in the U.S. Army and never had any children