› added 12 years ago

379

TIL there is not a single Walmart in NYC limits.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

LQ6rr TIL about FADs (fish aggregating devices), which are man-made floats or buoys tethered to the ocean floor. Fish are fascinated with and aggregate in considerable numbers around floating objects which provide a “visual stimulus in an optical void.” 1/3 of global tuna are caught using FADs.
GAK4 TIL Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to cook meth.
b9kej TIL that Lewis and Clark’s first journal entry is about accidentally shooting a woman in the head with an air rifle.
rDyy TIL about the Integral Fast Reactor, a nuclear reactor that is fully sealed and will not require refueling until the end of plant life. It is also meltdown-proof, and can reuse its fuel many times by reprocessing fuel using robotic arms sealed with the reactor. None exist today because of politics.
R7QA6 TIL Legoland employees are referred to as “model citizens”