› added 6 years ago

161

TIL In the first two years of legal medically assisted-suicide in Canada, 3715 people took that option.

Read more canada.ca

via reddit.com

oBAxr TIL John Romero's (co-creator of Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake) great-grandmother was a crime boss in the 1920's. Starting in Sonora, Mexico, she ran brothels and had an entire empire, controlling it well past the age of 60 (but didn't like to discuss age) and expanded it as far as Tucson, Arizona,
DQpAg TIL about the "Silver Snoopy Award" which is an award presented personally by a NASA astronaut to a NASA employee or contractor, is an actual depiction of Snoopy from Peanuts as an astronaut, and the pins are certified to have flown in space.
keRd TIL a 2004 study demonstrated raising the temperature in an office from 68°F (20°C) to 77°F (25°C) dropped typing errors by 44% and boosted typing output by 150%
wL0lo TIL of Botswana’s vibrant metalhead scene, where heavy metal is combined with traditional African musical styles to create a unique type of music.
l7EGV TIL that Alaska Airlines is actually based outside Alaska, more specifically in the city of SeaTac, Washington