› added 9 years ago

485

TIL an explorer attempting the first-ever solo crossing of Antarctica died last January after 900 miles, just 30 miles short of his goal

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

5Yj7B TIL an MIT developed AI became much better at playing a video game after the programmers made it read the manual for it.
5Y1N8 TIL Genocides can be predicted. "In 1996 Gregory Stanton, the founding president of Genocide Watch, presented a briefing paper called "The 8 Stages of Genocide" Stanton's model is a logical model for analysing the processes of genocide, and for determining preventive measures..."
KYdyB TIL that on June 29, 1841 William and John Driscoll were executed by a firing squad comprised of 111 "Regulators". The two men were part of a group of loose-knit outlaw gangs known as the Banditti of the Prairie which terrorize Northern Illinois during the early to mid-19th century.
PYNde TIL Quentin Tarantino said in 2010 that had never met his father, Tony Tarantino, who had wanted to be an actor and claims he was blacklisted in the 1960s. Said Quentin: "He wanted to be an actor [...] Now he's an actor only because he has my last name"
ObX TIL Nasa is investigating hidden portals In Earths Magnetic Field