› added 7 years ago

565

World's steepest funicular rail line to open in Switzerland.

Read more theguardian.com

Oxea TIL Verge magazine paid a technology writer to spend one year without going online in order to discover “what the internet has done to me over the years”. In that time he wrote half a novel, lost 15 pounds, and found the lack of constant stimulation drove him to do things he cared about
VBQ08 TIL during World War 2, Pittsburgh produced more steel and iron than all Axis powers—combined.
xPOg TIL that a volcanic eruption, over 70,000 years ago, was so destructive that it may have left only 10,000 humans on the planet
rRK6o TIL About Coober Pedy, an Australian town where 80% of its residents live underground.
5Y9En TIL the word "utopia" is a pun. It comes from the Greek word for "good place" but also "no place." It's good, but it doesn't exist.