› added 4 years ago

91

TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to remind them to have humility and follow highest engineering standards. It is proudly worn on a pinky of working hand and is given in a non-public ritual authored by Rudyard Kipling

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rwlP TIL about a condition called Akinetopsia (motion blindness), where a person cannot see moving objects; thus they see things move in "stop-motion," or like a buffering video.
7njZ TIL that “as pornography has increased in availability, sex crimes have either decreased or not increased”
KnyE TIL that on August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot and killed in Arlington, VA. Hearing of his son’s death, Rockwell’s father said: “I am not surprised at all. I’ve expected it for quite some time.”
Xkrr TIL A Roman vessel was discovered off the coast of Brazil and its discoverer claims it would likely rewrite their history books. Brazil promptly covered the site with harbor silt and restricted further dives.
X0Ee6 TIL a huge part of Florida used to be called Mosquito county until 1844. The whole east coast of central Florida had previously been known as Los Musquitos since the 1500s.