› added 7 months ago

50

TIL that Bubblegum Crisis creator Toshimichi Suzuki, passed away in January 2020.

Read more myjapanwiki.com

via reddit.com

Me4Va TIL the only known recording of a person born in the 18th century was a recitation of a Hamlet: "Give every man thy ear but few thy voice." The speaker was Helmuth von Moltke, a man known for saying very little.
yQDdl TIL about Okinawa Island. This particular island is a so-called Blue Zone, an area where the people live longer than most others elsewhere in the world. As of 2002 there were 34.7 centenarians for every 100,000 inhabitants, which is the highest ratio worldwide.
jpaR TIL the Milky Way has several “satellite galaxies”, smaller galaxies that orbit our galaxy like moons to a planet.
rNVye TIL - There are 12’000 tonnes of ordnance ammunition and bombs in various lakes across Switzerland, including phosgene bombs in lake Geneva (Leman)
0dpp5 TIL that ogre-faced spiders' eyes gather light more efficiently than owls and cats, and that they burn out at sunrise and grow back at sunset.