› added 10 years ago

148

TIL that in Denmark, some teachers use Swedish names for numbers when introducing children to mathematics, because of the irregular structure of the Danish number system. For example, the Danish “71” is structured as “1 plus 3½ times 20”.

Read more cphpost.dk

via reddit.com

xKo0 TIL that a US Army veteran, severely depressed after his wife filed divorce, both parents dead of cancer, his equipment stolen, income stopped, utilities cut off, house in foreclosure, stole a TANK from the armory, went on a rampage on the streets destroying cars, was finally shot and killed.
9jMp TIL nearly 2/3 of the Hindenburg’s passengers survived the fiery wreck, and one still lives today, 80 years later.
Y7RDv TIL There's a sign on a rooftop near the airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that says "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND" just to mess with people flying into Milwaukee.
0wjQy TIL that, in June 2020, a team of researchers in Japan used a drone that shot pollen-dusted soap bubbles to pollinate a pear orchard; 95% of the flowers bore fruit, which was the same success rate as hand-pollinating
yVjop TIL about lazboard or petranboard, a wooden board used for skiing on snow in Petran Plateau of İkizdere district of Rize in Turkey. It is thought to have been used since the 1600s