› added 2 years ago

100

TIL In certain situations (the conditions of which are still up for debate) warm water has been observed to freeze faster than cold water, as the result of what is known as the Mpemba effect. These observations go far back enough to be traced to claims by ancient philosopher Aristotle.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

grrvW TIL that there is a deleted scene in the movie “Goonies” where they get attacked by a giant, killer octopus
4RbX TIL that after 10 years of consecutive employment every Australian is entitled to 2 months of paid vacation time
WkvRL TIL: Giant crabs exist! They are called coconut crabs. True to name they can crack a coconut and eat it, but they also kill and eat birds and other small animals.
YyLZ TIL there is a town in Alaska where almost everyone lives and/or works under one roof. A single 14-story high-rise is home “to most of the town’s residents as well as its post office, grocery store, health clinic, laundromat and church.”
woXm7 TIL of the Brumadinho Tailings dam (toxic sludge created as a byproduct of Iron mining) collapse, the company that owned this mine owned another mine where they had another Tailings dam collapse causing major loss of life.