› added 7 years ago

206

TIL you only need 40 digits of pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to a margin of error of 1 hydrogen atom

Read more jpl.nasa.gov

via ift.tt

loQGA TIL that in 1967, Don King was convicted of second degree murder for stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, who owed him $600.
KYMn6 TIL about the Niland Geyser, a mud spring that actually moves from one place to another. Engineers even tried to stop it from impinging on the Union Pacific Railroad, but failed.
y70X TIL Pope Francis used to be a night club bouncer
JKEl TIL the Italian alphabet only has 21 letters. If the letters j, k, w, x or y appear in a word, it is because the word has been borrowed from a different language.
LWAr TIL that a psychologist conducted an experiment on how to make two strangers fall in love in 34 minutes. And two subjects got married afterwards!